The Surgeon's Mate (2004) by Patrick O'Brian, read by Benedict Cumberbatch 

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In addition to the various drama serials based on Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey & Maturin series, there have been a couple of readings of the books in the Book at Bedtime slot. I don't have the reading of 'The Post Captain', but I do, as it turns out, have this reading of the seventh novel, following on from 'The Fortune of War'...
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