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Master and Commander Radio Play

November 2, 2014 The Dear Knows 0

*SPOILERS* The gripping first installment of our beloved series, dramatised by Roger Danes. First broadcast on May 11, 1995, this BBC 4 radio performance features Michael Troughton as Captain Jack Aubrey and Nigel Anthony as […]

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An Overview of the Battle of Algeciras Bay (07.06 – 07.12 1801)

June 30, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

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Master and Commander Discussion Questions Ch. 12

June 24, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Upon first starting this website I also started something I called The Aubreyad Press Gang to do a group read of the series. We got through the first and second novels before the project fell […]

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Master and Commander Discussion Questions Ch. 11

June 13, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Upon first starting this website I also started something I called The Aubreyad Press Gang to do a group read of the series. We got through the first and second novels before the project fell […]

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At Sea With Pietro Antonio Locatelli

June 11, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

“The music-room in the Governor’s House at Port Mahon, a tall, handsome, pillared octagon, was filled with the triumphant first movement of Locatelli’s C major quartet.” – Master and Commander These are the words that launched our […]

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Appendix of Literary Allusions in Master and Commander

June 7, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Patrick O’Brian’s prose is very dense with literary and non-literary quotations and allusions, which can be as confusing as they are edifying. And sometimes they’re slipped in so deftly that they’re impossible to recognize at […]

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Master and Commander Discussion Questions Ch. 10

June 5, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Upon first starting this website I also started something I called The Aubreyad Press Gang to do a group read of the series. We got through the first and second novels before the project fell […]

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Master and Commander Discussion Questions Ch. 9

June 3, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Upon first starting this website I also started something I called The Aubreyad Press Gang to do a group read of the series. We got through the first and second novels before the project fell […]

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Master and Commander Discussion Questions Ch. 8

May 23, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Upon first starting this website I also started something I called The Aubreyad Press Gang to do a group read of the series. We got through the first and second novels before the project fell […]

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Master and Commander Discussion Questions Ch. 7

May 12, 2010 The Dear Knows 0

Upon first starting this website I also started something I called The Aubreyad Press Gang to do a group read of the series. We got through the first and second novels before the project fell […]

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