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firstofficerrose · 1 year
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Partway through The Mauritius Command, and Stephen has been, once again, dropped into the sea and very nearly killed.
You would think he's be better at this by now. He nearly drowns a minimum of once per book! But no. This is never going to go well for him.
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absolutely cannot get over the fact that at the beginning of The Mauritius Command, Stephen sees Jack and literally his first thought is "well he may have money problems but at least his ass is still juicy"
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joyandcrown · 1 year
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continuing aubreyad stuff
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testudoaubrei-blog · 2 years
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Rereading the Mauritius Command on no small part because my O'Brian discussion group is obsessed with Lord Clonfert. For the first time listening to the Tull audio books instead of reading on the page.
Some observations:
These books are way funnier than I remember. Way funnier. The audio book forces you to slow down enough that you understand the humor.
For books as famously plotless as these O'Brian is taking a lot of care with figuring out what to include and not include, and including these like foreshadowing. These novels are carefully constructed even if they are loosely plotted.
The times we see inside Jack's head he is often reflecting on the past. Stephen rarely does.
I continue to contend that the ideal adaptation would be an animated series probably done in the art style and with the palette of something like The Legend of Korra.
If you were going to do live action the ideal Jack Aubrey would be Chris Hemsworth.
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dzelonis · 2 years
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Patrick O'Brian - Aubrey & Maturin #3-4
Patrick O’Brian – Aubrey & Maturin #3-4
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gigamuffin · 2 months
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i know Tom Pullings probably named his son 'John' because its the most popular name in england, but deep down in my heart i know he named him after Jack Aubrey
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mystery-star · 9 months
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another gem found in "Mauritius Command"
Stephen with his enormous egg, transporting it with him through the air in a bosun's chair from ship to ship.
And then the parrot. (it cries "Down with Bonaparte. Bastard. Bastard. Bastard" in case you wonder) @thekenobee. You know why.
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doctorcrabby · 1 year
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Re-reading/listening “The Mauritius Command”
I forgot how fantastic this is Omg I love him so much i want to take him home with me
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I love this even more:
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OMG I’m wheezing
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Oh HELLO SAILOR yes please do remove your trousers at once
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This series is my hardboiled egg.
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lurking-latinist · 3 days
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I just keep thinking about that conversation near the end of The Mauritius Command that's just like:
Stephen: so you're a mental health specialist right?
McAdam: insofar as such a thing exists here in the 1800s, yes
Stephen: so do you ever get patients with depression?
McAdam: yeah
Stephen: what generally happens to them?
McAdam: well eventually they die like everybody else
Stephen:
McAdam: also sometimes they can do drugs about it
Stephen (who is already doing drugs about it): oh. okay thank you
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ltwilliammowett · 7 months
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Hi!
This is the first time I leave an ask, so first of all, I love your blog! Not only the art, but how informative it is too, thanks for being in this corner of the internet :D
I had a question I hope you could answer, because I'm reading The Mauritius Command, and I'm having trouble picturing this. In the novel, both Aubrey and Clonfert wear full uniform, the first during a set of court martials and the second during a battle where Maturin remarks that while that wouldn't be strange during a bigger conflict, it was out of place during a skirmish.
So how does the full uniform differ from what officers would be expected to wear day to day? And when was it supposed to be used?
Thank you again, have a great day!
Hi, then I will give you pictures so you can see it. And best of all to Jack, lol- So what you see here now is the work uniform, kept very simple. Should be worn only at work.
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For all other things that have official character (court martical, dinner with other officers or punishments and so on) had to hold the dressed uniform. And as you can see here, much more elaborate in design, with lots of gold.
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This is just the dress and show uniform. You can also see that with Pullings and Mowett.
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Here is the blue work uniform with white seams but long trousers and the dressed uniform with white lapels worn with breeches and stockings as you can see in the third pic.
I have tried to keep it very simple so that you can see the differences clearly. I hope it helps you and thank you for the compliment. Have a good sunday
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firstofficerrose · 1 year
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We've been getting Stephen's journal since the first book, and it's really nice that we get Jack's letters to Sophie now. I'm always a big fan of epistolary works, and it's nice to get more of that!
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kemetic-dreams · 1 year
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Saint Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius; Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲱⲣⲓⲥ) was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favorite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is the patron saint of several professions, locales, and kingdoms.
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According to the hagiographical material, Maurice was an Egyptian, born in AD 250 in Thebes, an ancient city in Upper Egypt that was the capital of the New Kingdom of Egypt (1575-1069 BC). He was brought up in the region of Thebes (Luxor).
Maurice became a soldier in the Roman army. He rose through the ranks until he became the commander of the Theban legion, thus leading approximately a thousand men. He was an acknowledged Christian at a time when early Christianity was considered to be a threat to the Roman Empire. Yet, he moved easily within the pagan society of his day.
The legion, entirely composed of Christians, had been called from Thebes in Egypt to Gaul to assist Emperor Maximian in defeating a revolt by the bagaudae. The Theban Legion was dispatched with orders to clear the Great St Bernard Pass across the Alps. Before going into battle, they were instructed to offer sacrifices to the pagan gods and pay homage to the emperor. Maurice pledged his men's military allegiance to Rome. He stated that service to God superseded all else. He said that to engage in wanton slaughter was inconceivable to Christian soldiers. He and his men refused to worship Roman deities
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Martyrdom
However, when Maximian ordered them to harass some local Christians, they refused. Ordering the unit to be punished, Maximian had every tenth soldier killed, a military punishment known as decimation. More orders followed, the men refused compliance as encouraged by Maurice, and a second decimation was ordered. In response to the Theban Christians' refusal to attack fellow Christians, Maximian ordered all the remaining members of his legion to be executed. The place in Switzerland where this occurred, known as Agaunum, is now Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, site of the Abbey of St. Maurice.
So reads the earliest account of their martyrdom, contained in the public letter which Bishop Eucherius of Lyon (c. 434–450), addressed to his fellow bishop, Salvius. Alternative versions have the legion refusing Maximian's orders only after discovering innocent Christians had inhabited a town they had just destroyed, or that the emperor had them executed when they refused to sacrifice to the Roman gods.
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Veneration
Saint Maurice became a patron saint of the German Holy Roman Emperors. In 926, Henry the Fowler (919–936), even ceded the present Swiss canton of Aargau to the abbey, in return for Maurice's lance, sword and spurs. The sword and spurs of Saint Maurice were part of the regalia used at coronations of the Austro-Hungarian emperors until 1916, and among the most important insignia of the imperial throne (although the actual sword dates from the 12th Century). In addition, some of the emperors were anointed before the Altar of Saint Maurice at St. Peter's Basilica. In 929, Henry the Fowler held a royal court gathering (Reichsversammlung) at Magdeburg. At the same time the Mauritius Kloster in honor of Maurice was founded. In 961, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, was building and enriching Magdeburg Cathedral, which he intended for his own tomb. To that end,
in the year 961 of the Incarnation and in the 25th year of his reign, in the presence of all of the nobility, on the vigil of Christmas, the body of St. Maurice was conveyed to him at Regensburg along with the bodies of some of the saint's companions and portions of other saints. Having been sent to Magdeburg, these relics were received with great honour by a gathering of the entire populace of the city and of their fellow countrymen. They are still venerated there, to the salvation of the homeland.
Maurice is traditionally depicted in full armor, in Italy emblazoned with a red cross. In folk culture he has become connected with the legend of the Holy Lance, which he is supposed to have carried into battle; his name is engraved on the Holy Lance of Vienna, one of several relics claimed as the spear that pierced Jesus' side on the cross. Saint Maurice gives his name to the town St. Moritz as well as to numerous places called Saint-Maurice in French speaking countries. The Indian Ocean island state of Mauritius was named after Maurice, Prince of Orange, and not directly after Maurice himself.
Over 650 religious foundations dedicated to Saint Maurice can be found in France and other European countries. In Switzerland alone, seven churches or altars in Aargau, six in the Canton of Lucerne, four in the Canton of Solothurn, and one in Appenzell Innerrhoden can be found (in fact, his feast day is a cantonal holiday in Appenzell Innerrhoden).Particularly notable among these are the Church and Abbey of Saint-Maurice-en-Valais, the Church of Saint Moritz in the Engadin, and the Monastery Chapel of Einsiedeln Abbey, where his name continues to be greatly revered. Several orders of chivalry were established in his honor as well, including the Order of the Golden Fleece, Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, and the Order of Saint Maurice. Additionally, fifty-two towns and villages in France have been named in his honor.
Maurice was also the patron saint of a Catholic parish and church in the 9th Ward of New Orleans and including part of the town of Arabi in St. Bernard Parish. The church was constructed in 1856, but was devastated by the winds and flood waters of Hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005; the copper-plated steeple was blown off the building. The church was subsequently deconsecrated in 2008, and the local diocese put it up for sale in 2011. By 2014, a local attorney had purchased the property for a local arts organization, after which the building served as both an arts venue and the worship space for a Baptist church that had been displaced following the hurricane.
On 19 July 1941, Pope Pius XII declared Saint Maurice to be patron Saint of the Italian Army's Alpini (mountain infantry corps). The Alpini have celebrated Maurice's feast every year since then.
The Synaxarium of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria does not mention Saint Maurice, although there are several Coptic churches named for him.
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hey-scully-itsme · 1 year
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me, finishing The Mauritius Command: wow i sure hope things get better for stephen, he's been having a terrible time of it lately
the next book in the series:
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the-dog-watch · 11 months
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The Reverse of the Medal
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Stephen had met Jack's father -- a really dangerous parent -- and the wish that the General might choke to death on his next bite fleeted through his mind, but he passed the toasted cheese in silence... (p. 75)
I was really looking forward to the “Jack loses his badge naval commission” plot ever since I found out it was a thing but it was an unexpected gift that it hinges on two things I’ve always enjoyed in these books but have hitherto been mostly just jokes in the background: Jack’s absurd naivete on land, and his shitty awful dad.
It makes sense that this is the book where we see Jack's real dad throw him under the bus, because of course it's shortly followed by his surrogate daddy, the entire British navy, abandoning him too. Previously, Jack's shitty dad (somehow, miraculously, an even shittier parent than Jack himself) only showed up in letters, in the newspaper, and very briefly when Jack visits his childhood home in The Surgeon's Mate.
It’s also the first time (I think?) we get confirmation that General Aubrey and Stephen have met at least once, something I always wondered about. I so intensely wish we had seen the meeting (hell, I wish we had seen even a little bit of Jack's wedding, which is probably where it happened), even though I’m sure they're two characters who couldn’t have less to say to each other.
There's so much to like about this book (the pillory scene! Diana running off to Sweden with Lithuania's most eligible twink!! the sudden twist into a legal drama!!! what the hell!!!!) but that Stephen hates Jack's dad--not just dislikes, not just wincingly sympathizes with Jack for having a difficult relative, but actually wishes death upon--just makes me really fond of him.
This may seem like a random pull, but it reminds me very strongly of one of my favorite scenes in all of fiction: Peggy Hill talking to Hank's dad Cotton on his deathbed. A full clip doesn't seem to be online but, to give you the gist:
Peggy Hill: Enough! Your son has always loved you, despite your constant torture. You want to die alone? Fine. You want to keep coming back and never die? That's fine too. In fact, I hope you do go on living forever as the unhappy person you are in the hell you have created here on earth. I hope you live forever. I really do.
Cotton Hill: Do ya now?
[Cotton dies]
Personal Ranking:
The Far Side of the World (10) > HMS Surprise (3) > Desolation Island (5) > The Reverse of the Medal (11) > The Ionian Mission (8) > The Fortune of War (6) > Master & Commander (1) > The Surgeon’s Mate (7) > Treason's Harbour (9) > Post Captain (2) > The Mauritius Command (4)
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thekenobee · 1 year
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SO i finally got the first M&C book and like. Stephen is such a snarky little guy, I love him. Truly the best little guy. I love that when the ship hits waves he comes up to the main deck because he's decided 'he prefers to die in the open' :P
(and now i just wanna read all the books as quickly as possible but i've only got up 2 the mauritius command in consecutive books,,,,)
That takes me back to what someone said - Stephen Maturin is a bitch representation we deserve and I OH SO AGREE
He's such s snarky lil fella that's so true♥️ and let's nor forget the JACK WANTED TO HIT THAT DUDE WITH A CHAIR♥️what a lovely beginning of the friendship *sobs*
(Oh and my tip is that I buy one or two books ahead so that when I finish one novel, I don't suffer from BOOKJUNKIE behaviours, maybe that will help!)
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