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The Mauritius Command

by Patrick O’Brian

Part of Aubrey–Maturin Novels

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Jack Aubrey is recalled from an unhappy period ashore and given temporary command of a squadron assigned to seize Réunion and Mauritius from France. Stephen Maturin supports the campaign through intelligence and political work among the islands’ competing interests.

The operation tests Jack’s ability to command other captains rather than a single ship. Rivalry, poor discipline and the disastrous Battle of Grand Port threaten the campaign before a larger British force moves against Mauritius.

Historical periods

Napoleonic Era Royal Navy in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Genres

Espionage Exploration & Survival Fiction Maritime Fiction War Fiction

Historical people

Robert Townsend Farquhar1776–1830 Henry Sheehy Keating1775–1847 Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet1755–1824 Robert Corbetc. 18th century–1810

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