Posted by Mike Field on September 27, 2008 at 00:54:43 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Re: Aubrey-Maturin novels posted by Owen Roberts on September 26, 2008 at 19:08:02:
Surprisingly, to me, Reeman's "Reeman" novels are far better than his "Kent" ones. I think he's much more comfortable with modern vessels and times than with the Napoleonic-era milieu. Of all the series of this type of book that I owned (Forester, Pope, Kent, O'Brian, even Parkinson) it was only the Kent ones that I couldn't be bothered keeping when I moved house.
By the way, anyone who likes this any of these sorts of story should certainly watch both the film "Master & Commander" and also the eight-episode "Hornblower" TV series with Ioan Gruffudd.