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Robert Corbet

c. 18th century–1810

Robert Corbet was an English landowner and figure connected with the gentry politics of Tudor and early Stuart England. His relevance lies in the local networks of family, property and patronage that shaped political life below the level of the court.

Patrick O’Brian’s The Mauritius Command places Robert Corbet within a narrative shaped by military command and battlefield decision-making, political ambition and government, and crime, espionage and covert power.

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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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