The Fortune of War
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The Fortune of War is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian, following Captain Jack Aubrey and physician-spy Stephen Maturin through sea battles and espionage during the Napoleonic Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Fortune of War canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6189565 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Fortune of War Context triple: [Aubrey–Maturin series, hasBook, The Fortune of War]
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A.
The Spoils of War
The Spoils of War is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Anfal, an eighth chapter of the Qur’an that addresses issues of warfare, distribution of war gains, and obedience to God and His Messenger.
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B.
The War Lover
The War Lover is a 1962 British-American war film starring Steve McQueen as a reckless World War II bomber pilot.
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C.
Forgotten War
The "Forgotten War" refers to the Ifni War, a brief late-1950s conflict between Spain and Moroccan irregular forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in North Africa.
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D.
Sons of Fortune
Sons of Fortune is a bestselling novel by Jeffrey Archer that follows the dramatically intertwined lives of twin brothers separated at birth and raised in very different worlds.
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E.
The Free Besieged
The Free Besieged is an unfinished Romantic poem by Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos that reflects the heroism and spiritual resilience of the defenders during the Siege of Missolonghi in the Greek War of Independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Fortune of War Target entity description: The Fortune of War is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian, following Captain Jack Aubrey and physician-spy Stephen Maturin through sea battles and espionage during the Napoleonic Wars.
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A.
The Spoils of War
The Spoils of War is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Anfal, an eighth chapter of the Qur’an that addresses issues of warfare, distribution of war gains, and obedience to God and His Messenger.
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B.
The War Lover
The War Lover is a 1962 British-American war film starring Steve McQueen as a reckless World War II bomber pilot.
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C.
Forgotten War
The "Forgotten War" refers to the Ifni War, a brief late-1950s conflict between Spain and Moroccan irregular forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in North Africa.
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D.
Sons of Fortune
Sons of Fortune is a bestselling novel by Jeffrey Archer that follows the dramatically intertwined lives of twin brothers separated at birth and raised in very different worlds.
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E.
The Free Besieged
The Free Besieged is an unfinished Romantic poem by Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos that reflects the heroism and spiritual resilience of the defenders during the Siege of Missolonghi in the Greek War of Independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aubrey–Maturin novel
ⓘ
nautical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Patrick O’Brian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Diana Villiers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sophia Aubrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryDepicted |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Surgeon’s Mate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Desolation Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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naval fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Aubrey–Maturin universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | Royal Navy captain ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryProtagonistOccupation |
intelligence agent
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physician ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
duty
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friendship ⓘ loyalty ⓘ war at sea ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late 20th-century historical fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | nautical realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jack Aubrey
NERFINISHED
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Stephen Maturin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableEventDepicted |
battle between HMS Shannon and USS Chesapeake
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capture of USS Chesapeake ⓘ |
| originalMediaType |
hardcover
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print ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | sixth novel ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Collins
NERFINISHED
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Harper & Row NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Aubrey–Maturin series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Napoleonic Wars
NERFINISHED
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War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Age of Sail naval warfare
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Anglo-American naval conflict ⓘ Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ espionage ⓘ |
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Subject: The Fortune of War Description of subject: The Fortune of War is a historical naval novel by Patrick O’Brian, following Captain Jack Aubrey and physician-spy Stephen Maturin through sea battles and espionage during the Napoleonic Wars.
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