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"I suspect that more than a few newcomers will emerge from THE WINE-DARK SEA aficionados, determined to master O'Brian's entire chronicle. Eventually, they will become as blithely informed on the seamanship and lingo of a square-rigged ship as the author--and as au courant with the zigs and zags of Captain Aubrey's naval career and Dr. Maturin's ploys on behalf of British intelligence. It will be a long voyage--but it is hard to imagine better shipmates.Patrick O'Brian is the author of 'The Wine-Dark Sea', published 1993 under ISBN 9780393035582 and ISBN 0393035581.
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