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Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois

1761–1848

Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois was a French naval officer who served during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is particularly associated with operations in the Indian Ocean, where French naval pressure challenged British trade and imperial communications.

Patrick O’Brian’s HMS Surprise is set after helping rescue an intelligence agent from French custody, Jack Aubrey takes command of HMS Surprise on a mission carrying an ambassador to the East Indies.

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Aubrey–Maturin Novels in Order

by Patrick O’Brian 21 books 4.5

The Aubrey–Maturin novels follow Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon, naturalist and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin from the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France through the War of 1812 and the first years after Waterloo. Across twenty completed novels, their friendship links shipboard command, espionage, science, domestic…

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