O'Brien's Personality in the Naval Chronicle

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The personality that O'Brien makes up for Aubrey is mostly invented. So like the the things that he did are real in the book. But yeah that's it was there anything else about authenticity or sourcing from the book that you wanted to. Well let's take a quick break and then we can set sail for the rest of this episode.

Flog the jib and shiver me timbers, it's time to set sail with the first of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels Master and Commander. It's equal parts ship jargon, ship action, and shipmen (aka sailors) pondering themes of isolation and authority. Plus, we get to the bottom of who exactly is the master and who is the commander.

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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