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Oct 11, 2010 post captain by patrick obrian post captain is the second aubreymaturin novel, and obrian had clearly much more of an idea that he was going to be writing something long, and began setting. Patrick obrian was also a french to english translator and thus he translated several works in his career. Patrick obrian 19142000 was an english novelist best known for his acclaimed aubreymaturin series of historical novels. Master and commander raised dangerously high expectations.
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