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Henry Sheehy Keating

1775–1847

Henry Sheehy Keating was a British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic era and imperial campaigns. He is particularly associated with operations in the Indian Ocean, including the British capture of French-held islands.

Patrick O’Brian’s The Mauritius Command places Henry Sheehy Keating within a narrative shaped by military command and battlefield decision-making, political ambition and government, and crime, espionage and covert power.

Historical context

Historical periods linked to Henry Sheehy Keating

Napoleonic Era 1798–1815 CE

Series

Series featuring Henry Sheehy Keating (1 series)

Aubrey–Maturin Novels in Order

by Patrick O’Brian 21 books 4.5

The Aubrey–Maturin novels follow Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon, naturalist and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin from the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France through the War of 1812 and the first years after Waterloo. Across twenty completed novels, their friendship links shipboard command, espionage, science, domestic…

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