Originally Posted by
Mark E. Hurling
I just finished Fortune of War (Aubrey/Maturin series) by O'Brian. All the books are good, especially the second time around. Maturin and Aubrey are taken prisoner by us Americans during the War of 1812, and Maturin's previous intelligence work for the Admiralty comes back to haunt him. O'Brian's writing about intelligence spycraft of the time seemed pretty authoritative, so I looked up his CV. As it happened, he worked for the Foreign Office in intel during WWII.