Aubrey/Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian, in reading order

The years given for the story draw on the Aubrey/Maturin chronology by Don Seltzer (Site The Gunroom). This chronological order also is the best reading order.

The years given for the story draw on the Aubrey/Maturin chronology by Don Seltzer. This chronological order also is the best reading order.

The 21st novel on which Patrick O'Brian was working at the time of his death has appeared as a fragment (The Final, Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey). The twenty-book series can nevertheless be regarded as complete - the two official Admiralty orders that Jack Aubrey receives shortly after the beginning of "Master and Commander" and on the second but last page of "Blue at the Mizzen" perfectly bracket the whole story.

In 2003 the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World was released. The plot is from The Far Side of the World, with some material from other books of the series.

For a comprehensive listing of Patrick O'Brian's books see Books by ISBNbooks-by-isbn.com/authors/patrick/o/brian/ .

	Years of the action	English title	German title	French title	Spanish title	Italian title	Other languages
1	1800-​1801	Mas­ter and Com­man­der	Kurs auf Spa­ni­ens Kü­ste	Maî­tre à bord	Capi­tán de mar y guerra	Primo co­man­do	Mestre dos Mares Capità de mar i de guerra 怒海争锋:舰长与司令官 Velitel šalupy 新鋭艦長、戦乱の海へ De Sophie Første kommando Dowódca Sophie Командир и штурман Första befälet
2	1802-​1804	Post Cap­tain	Feind­liche Segel	Capi­tai­ne de vais­seau	Ca­pi­tán de navío	Costa sot­to­vento	O Capitão Capità de na­vili Kapi­tán fre­gaty 勅任艦長への航海 Aan lagerwal Orlogskaptein Капитан пер­вого ранга Strandsatt; Fregatt­kapten
3	1804-​1806	HMS Sur­pri­se	Duell vor Su­ma­tra	La Sur­pri­se	La fra­ga­ta Sur­pri­se	Buon ven­to dell'O­vest	A Fragata Surprise Loď Jeho Veličenstva Překvapení Η φρεγάτα των τροπικών 特命航海、嵐のインド洋 De Surprise HMS Surprise Фрегат Его Ве­ли­чест­ва "Сюрприз" H.M.S. Surprise
4	1809/​1810	The Mau­ri­tius Com­mand	Ge­heim­auf­trag Mau­ri­ti­us	Expé­di­ti­on à l'île Mau­rice	Ope­ra­ción Mau­ri­cio	Verso Mau­ri­ti­us	Expedição A Ilha Maurício Výprava na Mauritius Το νησί της καταιγίδας 攻略せよ、要衝モーリシャス Met vlag en wimpel Toktet til Mauri­tius Do­wód­ztwo na Mau­ri­ti­usie Миссия на Маврикий Striden om Mau­ri­tius
5	1811/​1812	De­so­la­tion Is­land	Sturm in der Ant­ark­tis	L'île de la dé­so­la­tion	Isla De­so­la­ción	L'iso­la del­la de­so­la­zi­one	A Ilha da Deso­la­ção Pochmurný ostrov Lohduttomuuden saari 囚人護送艦、流刑大陸へ Het verlaten ei­land Den ødeste øy Za­pom­ni­ana wys­pa Öds­lig­het­ens ö
6	1812/​1813	The For­tune of War	Ka­no­nen auf hoh­er See	For­tune de guer­re	Epi­so­di­os de una guer­ra	Bot­ti­no di guer­ra	οι τύχες του πολέμου O Butim da Guerra ボストン沖、決死の脱出行 Het tij keert Hell i Krig Wojenne losy Военная фортуна Krigs­lycka
7	1813	The Sur­ge­on's Mate	Ver­fol­gung im Ne­bel	La cita­del­le de la Bal­ti­que	El ayu­dan­te del ciru­jano	Missi­one sul Bal­ti­co	風雲のバルト海、要塞島攻略 De blauwe dia­mant Skipslegens makker Skepps­kamrater
8	1813	The Ioni­an Mis­sion	Die In­seln der Pa­schas	Mis­sion en mer Io­ni­enne	Misi­ón en Jon­ia	Duel­lo nel Mar Io­nio	封鎖艦、イオニア海へ De ioni­sche missie Opp­drag på det Jo­niske hav Jońska misja
9	1813	Trea­son's Har­bour	Ge­fahr im Ro­ten Meer	Le port de la tra­hi­son	El puer­to de la tra­i­ción	Il por­to del tra­di­men­to	灼熱の罠、紅海遙かなり Verraad Svike­full havn Port zdrady
10	1813	The Far Side of the World	Manö­ver um Feu­er­land	De l'au­tre cô­té du mon­de	La cos­ta más le­ja­na del mun­do	Ai con­fi­ni del ma­re	O Lado Mais Distante do Mundo 南太平洋、波瀾の追撃戦 De an­dere kant van de we­reld Den and­re si­den av ver­den Na krańcu świata На краю земли Bor­tom värld­ens än­de
11	1813	The Re­ver­se of the Me­dal	Ha­fen des Un­glücks	Le re­vers de la mé­dail­le	El re­ver­so de la me­dal­la	Il roves­cio della meda­glia	Κουρσάροι στη στεριά Bak­si­den av me­dal­jen Druga strona medalu
12	1813	The Let­ter of Mar­que	Sieg der Frei­beu­ter	La lett­re de mar­que	La pa­ten­te de cor­so	La na­ve cor­sa­ra	Ka­per­skip List kaperski
13	1813	The Thir­teen-gun Sa­lu­te	Töd­lich­es Riff	Le ren­dez-vous ma­lais	Trece sal­vas de ho­nor	Rotta a Ori­en­te	Τα κα­νό­νια του απο­χαι­ρε­τισμού 13-skudd­s sa­lutt Salwa ho­noro­wa
14	1813	The Nut­meg of Con­so­la­tion	Anker vor Aus­tra­li­en	Les tri­bula­tions de la Mus­ca­de	La go­le­ta Nut­meg	Cac­cia nott­ur­na	Αιχμά­λωτοι των ωκε­α­νών Fra sei­ler­nes øy
15	1813	Clarissa Oakes UK The True­love US	In­sel der Vul­kane	L'exi­lée	Cla­ris­sa Oakes, po­li­zón a bor­do	Clan­desti­na a bor­do
16	1813	The Wine Dark Sea	Gefähr­lich­e See vor Kap Hoorn	Une mer cou­leur de vin	Un mar os­cu­ro como el o­por­to	Fuo­co sot­to il mare
17	1813	The Com­mo­do­re	Der Tri­umph des Kom­mo­do­re	Le com­mo­do­re	El co­mo­do­ro	Dopp­ia mis­si­one
18	1813-​1815	The Yel­low Ad­miral	Der Gel­be Admi­ral	Le blo­cus de la Si­bé­rie	Al­miran­te en tier­ra	Bur­ras­ca nel­la Ma­nica
19	1815	The Hun­dred Days	Mis­sion im Mit­tel­meer	Les cent jours	Los cien días	I cen­to gi­or­ni
20	1815/​1816	Blue at the Miz­zen	Der Lohn der Navy	Pa­vill­on a­mi­ral	Azul en la me­sana	Blu olt­re la prua
21	1816	The Final, Un­fi­nish­ed Vo­yage of Jack Au­brey	Der un­voll­en­de­te 21. Band	Le vo­yage in­ache­vé de Jack Au­brey		L'ul­timo vi­aggio di Jack Au­brey

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