The Commodore (novel)

The Commodore (novel)

The Commodore is an historical novel set during the Napoleonic Wars, written by British author Patrick O'Brian and published by HarperCollins in 1995. It is the seventeenth volume in the Aubrey-Maturin series. The novel features the adventures of naval commander Jack Aubrey, and his friend, ship's surgeon, naturalist and spy, Stephen Maturin. The main characters are rising in seniority with the Royal Navy and many of the problems of naval life of the period are included with the story, which ranges from Ireland to the West African coast.