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"To any disoriented lubber who needs to take a quick bearing on Aubrey's world of staysails and sternposts, it will be a useful compass."--The Economist
"Dean King's lexicon will charm cultists."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"An outstandingly useful passkey to the wooden world of Britain's Royal Navy in the great age of sail."--Sea History
"A gem of a book."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Dean King's lexicon will charm cultists."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"An outstandingly useful passkey to the wooden world of Britain's Royal Navy in the great age of sail."--Sea History
"A gem of a book."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
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This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing the people and political events that shaped the period, and detailed explanations of the scientific, medical, and biblical references that appear in the novels.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The perfect Aubrey-Maturin companion . . .,
By Michael K. Smith (South Louisiana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Sea of Words, 2nd Edition, Revised: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian (Paperback)
Subtitled "A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian," this is an absolutely marvelous book, the Third Edition of which includes references to all twenty of the Aubrey-Maturin novels. It scores high in the first test given any alphabetically organized reference book, viz., in looking up an entry, ... There's a wide variety of nautical jargon, period medical terminology, the characters' references to natural history and music, and the foreign words and phrases that crop up in the novels. O'Brian describes a large number of real personages, too, all of whom are succinctly biographed. There's also a pretty detailed timeline for the period 1793-1818, a narrative essay on the ins and outs of the Napoleonic wars, a most illuminating discussion of naval medicine and surgery in Maturin's day, and a nice series of period illustrations of ships and boats for those who can't tell a frigate from a corvette, nor a barge from a launch. This is definitely a book to keep at hand while you work your way through the series.
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An absolutely amazing resource,
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This review is from: A Sea of Words, 2nd Edition, Revised: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian (Paperback)
Wow, all I can say is wow. One of the finest glossaries of nautical and late 18th-early 19th century social terms that I have ever come across. The perfect compliment to the O'Brian series of books, especially if one is not familiar with naval terms of that time.
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10 Shinning Stars for this BOOK! Excellent!,
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This review is from: A Sea of Words, 2nd Edition, Revised: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian (Paperback)
When I started to read "Master and Commander", I was completely lost in the "sea of words", the nautical vocabulary. This book is an INVALUABLE resource when reading the O'Brian books.This book has diagrams and charts and photos, explains naval medicine and other things, but it's best trait is the "a to z" dictionary of nautical terms and phrases used in the O'Brian books. EXCELLENT!
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