Patrick O'Brian was a translator and English novelist best known for his Aubrey-Maturin set of historical fiction novels, set during the Napoleonic Age of Sail.
The film [Master and Commander] staring [Russel Crowe] is based loosely on the tenth novel in the series, [The Far Side of the World].
Aubrey-Maturin Series
Master and Commander
Post Captain
HMS Surprise
Mauritius Command
Desolation Island
Fortune of War
Surgeon's Mate
Ionian Mission
Treason's Harbour
The Far Side of the World
Reverse of the Medal
The Letter of Marque
The Thirteen Gun Salute
The Nutmeg of Consolation
The Truelove
The Wine-Dark Sea
The Commodore
The Yellow Admiral
The Hundred Days
Blue at the Mizzen
21
Other Books
Caesar
The Golden Ocean
Hussein
Men-of-War
Picasso
The Rendezvous and Other Stories
Testimonies
The Unknown Shore
Joseph Banks