Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: The Mauritius CommandAuthor: Patrick O'BrianNarrator: Tim Pigott-SmithFormat: AbridgedLength: 5 hrs and 15 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 08-01-00Publisher: Random House AudioBooksGenres: Fiction, HistoricalSummary: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. This is the fourth in O'Brian's 20-volume Aubrey/Maturin series.Don't miss the rest of theseries.©1977 Patrick O'Brian; (P)1999 Random House, Inc.; Cover Illustration by Geoff HuntContact: [email protected]

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