The most played episodes among Podcast App listeners.

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   Number 1: Episode 240 - Desolation Island (Part 7)

   Pursued across the South Atlantic by the Waakzaamheid, Jack Aubrey evades, fights, and then flees the Dutch 74. Below decks there's tragedy, as a monstrous gale drives both vessels into the Roaring Forties. A desperate duel with stern-chasers ends with one of the most shocking and memorable moments in the canon.

   September 20, 2026·1h
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   Number 2: Episode 239 - Desolation Island (Part 6)

   As HMS Leopard runs south toward the Cape, Jack Aubrey prepares to meet a superior enemy. We encounter seabirds, superstitions, social diseases and substance abuse, and Stephen gets personal with Midshipman Herapath.

   September 06, 2026·1h
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   Number 3: Episode 238 - Peter Moore Interview

   We welcome historian and author Peter Moore to discuss his new book, Dangerous Game: Thomas Cochrane’s Life on the Edge. Peter dives deep into the real-life naval hero who inspired Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey. Discover fresh archival revelations, the complex family dynamics shaping Cochrane's ambitions, his controversial 1814 stock exchange trial, and forgotten exploits from chemical warfare plans to daring night actions. Plus, we explore Peter's own journey into O’Brian’s fiction and the creative craft of naval biography.

   August 23, 2026·56min
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   Number 4: Episode 56 - The Far Side of the World (Part 2)

   Jack is getting ready for sea, and Stephen is birding at the top of Gibraltar rock, but what is the port admiral up to? What's going on among the warrant officers? And who is that uncommonly handsome young woman? Ch 2.

   May 09, 2021·54min
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   Number 5: Episode 55 - The Far Side of the World (Part 1)

   We're starting a new book, beginning in Gibraltar and all seems suddenly right with the world - the Fieldings reunited, Stephen's message to Diana on its way, and the Surprise on a new mission to The Far Side Of The World. We learn about the art of spin doctoring, and the fallacious nature of Black Swans. What could possibly go wrong? Ch 1.

   May 02, 2021·57min
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