The Mauritius Command (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
Read by Tim Pigott-Smith 3 Cassettes, Approx. 5 1/4 hours The 4th installmentin Patrick O"Brian"s Aubrey/Maturin series 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 or Mauritius and LaReunion. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains--Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilletante, and Captain Corbett, whose severity pushes his crew to the verge of mutiny.