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The Mauritius Command

Aubrey-Maturin Series, Book 4

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The Mauritius Command

Written by: Patrick O'Brian
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
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In The Mauritius Command, Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half-pay without a command until his friend, occasional intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a Commodore's pennant. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains: one a pleasure-seeking dilettante, the other liable to provoke the crew to mutiny.

Based on an actual campaign of 1810 in the Indian Ocean, O'Brien's attention to the detail of early 19th-century life ashore and at sea is meticulous. This tale is as beautifully written and as gripping as any in the series; it also stands on its own as a superlative work of fiction.

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You'll want to have a pencil and paper handy to follow the many encounters at sea, ashore and betwixt the two. As always, delightfully enacted by Mr. Jerom.

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I have been loving this series and I couldn't imagine it read by anyone else now. Mr. Jerrom does such an excellent job

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Fantastic narration and an amazing story. I've read these books before, but the audio books are so well done that it brings new life to the stories.

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