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The Mauritius Command (Aubrey/Maturin series, Book 4)
The Mauritius Command - Aubrey/Maturin series, Book 4 Author:Patrick O'Brian [Read by Simon Vance] — This fourth action-packed installment in the Aubrey-Maturin series, as with the rest, demonstrates historical fiction at its best. — Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command, until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant.... more » Once there he is to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Réunion. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains -- Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilettante, and Captain Corbett, whose severity pushes his crew to the verge of mutiny.« less