Post Captain (novel)
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Template:AubreyMaturinSeries Post Captain (1972) is a novel by Patrick O'Brian, the second in the Aubrey–Maturin series.
The book begins in 1802 with the conclusion of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Peace of Amiens. Commander Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy returns to England with his friend Stephen Maturin, to take up the life of a country squire. Jack plans to marry Sophia Williams, but his fortune is embezzled by his prize-agent and he leaves the country to avoid his creditors. He is restored to the navy by the outbreak of war in 1803, promoted to Post Captain, and given the command of HMS Lively.
The book ends with a fictionalized account of the capture of the Spanish treasure fleet by four British frigates in 1804. In real life, Captain Hammond was the captain of the Lively.