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The details of all of the battles in O'Brien's books are drawn from Royal Navy records, albeit with some adaptation to fit the plot and characters. Cochrane's (
by pjmorris 3y ago
The details of all of the battles in O'Brien's books are drawn from Royal Navy records, albeit with some adaptation to fit the plot and characters. Cochrane's (Jack Aubrey in the book) capture of the Spanish frigate is the climactic scene in the first book, 'Master and Commander.'