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		masfuerte on April 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Are So Many Guys Obsessed with Master and Comm... The film's OK. The books are up there with Mantel's Wolf Hall series or Renault's Alexander novels. Well worth a read. ETA: This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson is another excellent nautical novel.

epilys on April 29, 2023 | [–]

The prose is incredible. I find myself agreeing with the author of this opinion piece: it's Jane Austen at sea https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/28/why-patrick-ob...

browningstreet on April 28, 2023 | [–]

I watched it. I liked it. I never think about it. I wouldn’t watch it again. I love Russell Crowe.

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