Patrick O'Brian

"Master and Commander raised almost dangerously high expectations, Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them...a brilliant book."―Mary Renault"We've beat them before and we'll beat them again." In 1803 Napoleon smashes the Peace of Amiens, and Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., taking refuge in France from his creditors, is …

Master and Commander é um romance de Patrick O'Brian, o primeiro da série Aubrey-Maturin. O filme Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003, estrelando Russel Crowe e Paul Bettany, é baseado neste e em outros livros da série.