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form y Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World single work film/TV war literature historical fiction

Adaptation of Master and Commander Patrick O'Brian , 1969 single work novel and The Far Side of the World Patrick O'Brian , 1984 single work novel

Authors:agent John Collee , Peter Weir .

Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World

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During the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Jack Aubrey, in command of HMS Surprise, purses the heavier and more powerfully armed French privateer Acheron across the Pacific Ocean and around the Galapagos Islands, under orders to 'sink, burn, or take her as a prize'. But his friend, ship's doctor Stephen Maturin, worries that Aubrey is motivated more by pride than by duty.

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Master and Commander at 20 : How a Film about Men Fighting at Sea Is Actually a Safe Harbour of Positive Masculinity Matilda Hatcher , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 14 November 2023;
— Review of Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World John Collee , Peter Weir , 2003 single work film/TV