I have to admit to being surprised at the number of women who have read the books and who are interested in the movie (i.e., the movie not necessarily the actors). I don't mean to be chauvinist by this remark. It's just that none of the women in my acquaintance are even the slightest bit interested in the books. My discussions have all been with men.

As for you women who loved the books, Welcome Aboard. I hope to see more of you among the ranks of O'Brian fans.

There has been no comment on the other books written by O'Brian. He wrote a couple of books about Commodore Hanson's voyage around the world. Those were very good as well.

I haven't read any of his other books, the others that were not about the British Navy.