Happy morning! Time for a 3rd #DecemberBookRec : The whole goddamn series of Aubrey and Maturin books by Patrick O'Brien. Many of you have seen the movie 'Master and Commander' with Russel Crowe and Paul Bettany, and it was good. I do dearly love me some early 2000s Paul Bettany.

But the books are something else entirely. They demand a lot from the reader: You have to be willing not to understand the nautical jargon and just go with the vibes. But!...
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@ergative Or if you’re the kind of reader who _really_ needs to know, ‘A Sea of Words’ is a handy companion. https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1d644707-eb88-4f53-bd81-2cf6395ba940
A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian by J. Worth Estes, John B. Hattendorf, Dean King

This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing ...