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The Surgeon's Mate (novel)



         


Aubrey-Maturin series
by Patrick O'Brian
Master and Commander (1970)
Post Captain (1972)
HMS Surprise (1973)
Mauritius Command (1977)
(called The Mauritius Command in the USA)
Desolation Island (1978)
The Fortune of War (1979)
The Surgeon's Mate (1980)
The Ionian Mission (1981)
Treason's Harbour (1983)
The Far Side of the World (1984)
The Reverse of the Medal (1986)
The Letter of Marque (1988)
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (1989)
The Nutmeg of Consolation (1991)
Clarissa Oakes (1993)
(called The Truelove in the USA)
The Wine-Dark Sea (1993)
The Commodore (1995)
The Yellow Admiral (1996)
The Hundred Days (1998)
Blue at the Mizzen (1999)
21 (2004)

The Surgeon's Mate (1980) is a novel by Patrick O'Brian, the seventh in the Aubrey-Maturin series.

The story starts in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin having escaped from the Americans in Boston in a British frigate, start their return journey to England aboard a packet ship. The packet ship is doggedly pursued by two American privateer schooners across the Grand Banks.

The title is a play on words, referring not just to Doctor Maturin's assistant but also to his long-time love interest and future wife, the vivacious Diana Villiers.





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