description: [Library Edition Audiobook CD in vinyl case.][Read by Simon Vance]Patrick O'Brian's 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. 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.
language: English
title: The Mauritius Command
titlecomplete: The Mauritius Command (Aubrey/Maturin Book 4)
characters: Barrett Bonden, Thomas Pullings, Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin
genres: Fiction, Maritime, British Literature, Historical, War, Historical Fiction, Literature, Adventure, Military Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 16012
series: Aubrey & Maturin
publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.