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The Mauritius Command
- Aubrey-Maturin, Book 4
- Narrated by: Robert Hardy
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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The Mauritius Command
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Publisher's Summary
Life ashore on half pay, despite the joys of family life, is unlikely to satisfy a man of action such as Jack Aubrey. The sea calls to him. And so, when his friend, ship’s surgeon and secret agent Stephen Maturin, arrives with secret orders, Aubrey soon finds himself in command of a frigate and setting sail for the Cape of Good Hope.
But, in Nelson’s navy, there are as many enemies within as without.
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