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Language: English
Published by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 1991
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- Title
- The Mauritius Command
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 039330762X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393307627
- Item weight
- 0.626 pounds
- Dimensions
- N/A
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, there 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.
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Review
Ashore without a command--and on half pay to boot--Jack Aubrey's prayers are answered when Stephen Maturin shows up with a secret mission for him. The two men have been ordered to the Cape of Good Hope. There they hope to dislodge the French garrisons on the islands of Mauritius and La Reunion. Alas, two of their own colleagues--a dilettante and a martinet--prove to be nearly as great an obstacle as the French themselves. --Amazon.com
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