#24 in Adventure
Post Captain
- 528
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Post Captain” deepens Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, the two men at the heart of O’Brian’s Napoleonic sea novels. Some readers are thrown by an opening that keeps away from the sea and reads like a novel of manners, and others find storylines dropped without resolution. The second book of the series is strong on character, Maturin’s especially for some, and on the detail of shipboard life.
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About the book
Post Captain is the second historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1972. It features the characters of Captain Jack Aubrey and naval surgeon Stephen Maturin, and is set in the early 19th century during the Napoleonic Wars.
Reading order · Aubrey-Maturin series
Full order & progress →- Master and CommanderStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - Post CaptainThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - HMS Surprise
–Not ranked yet - The Mauritius Command
8.28.2 / 10 - Desolation Island
8.28.2 / 10 - The Fortune of War
8.28.2 / 10 - The Surgeon's Mate
8.28.2 / 10 - The Ionian Mission
8.28.2 / 10 - Treason's Harbour
–Not ranked yet - The Far Side of the World
–Not ranked yet - The Reverse of the Medal
–Not ranked yet - The Letter of Marque
–Not ranked yet - The Thirteen-Gun Salute
–Not ranked yet - The Nutmeg of ConsolationThe Nutmeg of Consolation–Not ranked yet
- Clarissa Oakes
–Not ranked yet - The Wine-Dark Sea
–Not ranked yet - The Commodore
–Not ranked yet - The Yellow Admiral
–Not ranked yet - The Hundred Days
–Not ranked yet - Blue at the Mizzen
–Not ranked yet - The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack AubreyThe Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 106 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 42% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.9 | 16 | 15% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 11 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 79 | 75% |
Frequently asked
How long is Post Captain?
It has 528 pages — longer than 65% of the ranked books in Adventure.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Adventure — with scores between 7.2 and 8.2, closest to this book.
