> > Saying "Master and Commander" is about sailing ships in the early 19th > > century I would not consider a spoiler. > >Well, the picture of a 19th C sailing ship or two on the cover, and the >diagram of such a ship in the front matter, and the description on the >back, rather give the issue away. > >A rather fairer analogy would be to say the book is about X, who has >characteristics C on land but turns out to have traits T at sea, and Y, >who is an M and an N and also as it turns out an O. Hmmmm.... I've never read the book or seen the movie and now I'm intrigued. Charley Sumner "In my fantasy world, we have pie." Satchel Pooch - "Get Fuzzy"