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  "textContent": "Naval affairs have always been a key element of great power politics and are in many respects a microcosm of global affairs during every era in history. The writer Patrick O’Brian’s understood this, and in his celebrated Aubrey & Maturin series, he recreated the world of British and European politics, warfare, trade, art, manners, music […]",
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