For whatever it's worth (and it's not much) I named the protagonist of my 1st novel (Acts of the Apostles) "Nick Aubrey" because I was deeply immersed in reading the Patrick O'Brien Aubrey/Maturin novels at the time I was writing my book and "Nick Aubrey" is as close as I could get to O'Brien's "Jack Aubrey".
Other than that, my books and O'Briens' have nothing in common. jrs On Nov 2, 2014, at 9:53 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Fully agreed. I have the entire set (also in pdf format besides paperback) > and have reread the canon maybe over a dozen times so far. It reads like > dickens would if he ever turned his hand to naval fiction. > > And I know ex Navy types and people who have actually built and crewed > replica 19th century sailing ships who have been stunned by the accuracy of > his sailing details. > > > On November 3, 2014 8:03:49 AM Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In terms of historical fiction, two words leap to mind: Aubrey and >> Maturin. Which is to say, a very long and pretty well 100% excellent >> series in the British Naval Fiction genre by Patrick O'Brian. >> >> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Bharat Shetty <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > I was curious about these questions of late: >> > >> > Anyone on this lists borrow books regularly from libraries in Bengaluru ? >> > Are there any ebook lending libraries around in Bengaluru ? >> > >> > That said, which has been the best historical fiction that one would >> > recommend to me ? >> > >> > Non-fiction recommendations are also welcome. I've been reading Greenwald's >> > "No Place to Hide" as well as "Men of Mathematics," both of which are very >> > fascinating reads. >> > >> > Regards, >> > - Bharat >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> - Tim Bray (If you’d like to send me a private message, see >> https://keybase.io/timbray) > > >
