Jack Aubrey - Education and Early Life

Education and Early Life

In Master and Commander, Aubrey attributes his education to "Queeny," the wife to Lord Keith, the historical Hester Thrale. Her family had occupied Damplow, a house near General Aubrey's estate and Jack learned mathematics and Latin from her.

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