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The Ramage series by Dudley Pope is pretty good. On the one hand, it's a lot lighter and less complex than O'Brian, and not particularly well-written, and often quite unrealistic (he's a typical Hornblower-esque hero); but it is fairly entertaining stuff. The first few books are the best ones, starting with Ramage.

My first time through the series I just read the books without any special guide to the terminology - just full immersion except maybe for some Google searches here and there. It's a bit like learning a new language by immersion and over time you will figure a lot of it out via context. That said there is a book I picked up which helps a lot as a reference: https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Words-Third-Companion-Seafaring/dp/0805066152 . I think I got this near the end of my first read through or the beginning of the second. It's a great reference book.

As for audiobooks, that's not my thing so others could chime in on that. I hope you enjoy the series!

I am assuming that you are asking about the book "Lobscouse and Spotted Dog"? If so, yes, it is an outstanding book written by a mother and daughter team. Many food and drink recipes from the books and lots of great narration. Works as a great coffee table book too. And yes.. they even do Miller's in Onion Sauce.

I'll just go ahead and leave this right here http://www.amazon.com/The-Royal-Navy-Napoleonic-Era/lm/31C0AQAP2Z11 I highly recommend books 2-5, and you can download the first book from Gutenberg (I think).

http://www.amazon.com/Patrick-OBrians-Navy-Illustrated-Companion/dp/0762415401 Pictures... purty

SPOILERS for A-M and (minor) Hornblower
I don't think there's any fiction that is more accurate than O'Brian (on any subject anywhere for that matter), but Forrester's Hornblower series is worth reading for more "naval life". Hornblower and Aubrey were even on station together for the capture of the Spanish treasure frigates! Hornblower does a Hornblowery thing though and laughs when Aubrey gets screwed out of the treasure a mere political point.

Lastly for some quick mindless fun plus tall ship video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze8Y1gokHyA

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp9hsQpB3zA (all four parts are in the related videos, and all worth it)

A while back I made a great big Aubrey & Maturin playlist on Spotify which includes the film soundtrack, the wonderful Musical Evenings with the Captain albums, a ton of period classical music, and some of the English sea shanties thrown in for good measure.

As I'm reading, whenever a composer or a piece of music is mentioned, I'll add that to the playlist. It's great for the immersion.

This is very cool. I have an atlas type thing, but I this interactive map project is totally useful and very well done. I'm currently rereading the series and I'm just at Post Captain, I'll keep checking in as I get further down the line!

I found similar enjoyment in The Republic of Pirates. It is non-fiction, and took place a bit earlier, and has Blackbeard as protagonist, but still seafaring adventures and an interesting insight into the why of piracy.

You want the W. W. Norton Company edition from 1990 onwards the cover looks like this got all mine from Barnes & Noble. Easy to find

Stephen Biesty's Cross Section Man Of War is marketed as a childrens book but its actually a valuable guide to every aspect of the inside of a ship of the line from Jack's era. It takes as its subject the H.M.S. Victory and each page is a slice of the ship, drawn in exacting and accurate detail with copious notes describing everything and everyone in each illustration. A really valuable addition to your understanding, this book conveys more knowledge of shipboard life and ship construction than many other books I know on the subject. http://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Biestys-Cross-Sections-Man-War/dp/product-description/156458321X

I quite enjoy it. There's a second one too, cleverly named Musical Evenings with the Captain Vol II

Pasting my comment from a recent thread:

>Dean King's Sea of Words and Harbors and High Seas are pretty essential, I find.
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>I also like Patrick O'Brian's Navy: An Illustrated Guide to Jack Aubrey's World, though it's more 'additional reading' than a must-have, for me.
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>And of course, Lobscouse and Spotted Dog is the essential culinary companion, if you've a mind to spend some time in the galley and want to shout "Which it'll be ready when it's ready!" as authentically as possible.
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>I've heard good things about the Patrick O'Brian Muster Book, but I haven't used it so I can't speak to it personally.

> How is this possible?

I thought this book described the action in a way that helped me (no seaman) understand what happened.

> Cacafuego is a much less attractive name than the Gamo

Very true, although there was a major Spanish ship by that unappealing name.

I went into my local bookstore and asked the same question. Here is what they recomended.

https://www.amazon.com/Sailor-Austria-Intending-Prohaska-Official/dp/159013107X

Very different setting, and the rest of the series isn't as good as the first... but I enjoyed it quite a bit after my let down of finishing A/M.

I think you of all people might need a copy of this - or borrow it given it's current price:
The Frigate Surprise: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian https://www.amazon.com/dp/039307062X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Zsd4CbJ42EEJP

More images:
https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/book-review-the-frigate-surprise-by-brian-lavery-geoff-hunt.1961/

Sorry if this has not already been suggested. By the way, check the quote at the top of the dust jacket: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0671519247/?ref=idea_lv_dp_vv_d

Here's a pretty good one that compares the two navies as far as frigates are concerned: https://www.amazon.com/British-Frigate-French-1793-1814-Duel/dp/1780961324

The French navy was mostly terrible once Napoleon executed the nobility. Also, the British navy kept crews with ships, and primarily moved officers and masters around. The French would build crews for each mission and ship. That was the main reason why they lost all the time.

If it does, there's small industry of books published to explain it all. Patrick O'Brian's Navy for example.

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