I’ve circumnavigated the audiobooks with Patrick Tull quite happily, and only recently picked up the first book (and #8 FSotW) at the used book store because I want to represent my shipmates on my bookshelf. I’m a big reader generally, but hadn’t read this series because I pretty much only buy my books at the used book store, and one can’t control what one finds. It was a joy to visit the music room at Port Mahon again, and it occurs to me be to ask:
How do you prefer to follow our friends Aubrey and Maturin?
My introduction into the series was with an audio book in German. I ordered some used soft covers for the next few volumes in English, and when I was neck deep in I finally splurged on the boxed complete collection in hard cover. I finished my first circumnavigation just a few weeks ago.
I give you joy of your travels. Which hard cover did you get? Not the Folio Society, I imagine?
Why good sir, I have never yet known a man to admit that he was either rich or asleep. Mine is HarperCollins’ boxed set edition. Folio Society, forsooth.