The Mauritius Command Author:Patrick O'Brian 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 ag... more »ainst 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.« less