About this episode

The episode discusses the Battle of Grand Port as depicted in O'Brian's work, highlighting its significance in the Aubrey-Maturin series.

We step into O'Brian's re-telling of the Battle of Grand Port, the only major French naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars, and one of the most devastating, catastrophic reversals in the entire Aubrey-Maturin canon. For one of our characters in particular, it’s going to be a life-changing event.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Ian

Topics covered

• Napoleonic Wars
• naval battles
• literary analysis
• historical fiction
• character development

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Mauritius Command, Aubrey-Maturin

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