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Highly highly recommend Patrick O’Brian’s series of novels on which the movie is based. They are amazing: full of deeply-researched detail about life in the British navy during the napoleonic wars, with wonderful characters, and thrilling page-turners as well. Best historical novels ever written.


> Patrick O’Brian’s series of novels

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey–Maturin_series


Don’t forget the Hornblower book (and tv movie) series by C. S. Forester.


The Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe books are good as well, if you'd like to see Napoleon's armies defeated on land instead of sea.


And Allan Mallinson's series about Matthew Hervey adds another branch of the military. Post-napoleonic, but a fascinating trip through colonialism.


And the Simon Vance recordings are delightful.


Strongly seconded. For me, they were better than the Hornblower novels (which are excellent in their own right).


After seeing the movie I devoured the entire series. Great stuff.


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