The Mauritius command /

O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000.

The Mauritius command / Patrick O'Brian. - London : HarperCollins, 1996. - xiii, 331 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Originally published: London: Collins, 1977.

Includes bibliographical references.

Captain Jack Aubrey's friend Stephen arrives with secret orders to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope, under a Commodore's pennant. But he finds difficulty in carrying out his orders because of Lord Clonfert and Captain Corbett, his own Captains.

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Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Seafaring life--History--19th century--Fiction.


Sea stories.
Historical.
Historical.

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