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Mauritius Command (novel)



         


Aubrey-Maturin series
by Patrick O'Brian
Master and Commander (1970)
Post Captain (1972)
HMS Surprise (1973)
Mauritius Command (1977)
(called The Mauritius Command in the USA)
Desolation Island (1978)
The Fortune of War (1979)
The Surgeon's Mate (1980)
The Ionian Mission (1981)
Treason's Harbour (1983)
The Far Side of the World (1984)
The Reverse of the Medal (1986)
The Letter of Marque (1988)
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (1989)
The Nutmeg of Consolation (1991)
Clarissa Oakes (1993)
(called The Truelove in the USA)
The Wine-Dark Sea (1993)
The Commodore (1995)
The Yellow Admiral (1996)
The Hundred Days (1998)
Blue at the Mizzen (1999)
21 (2004)

Mauritius Command (1977) (published in the United States as 'The Mauritius Command') is a novel by Patrick O'Brian, the fourth in the Aubrey–Maturin series.

The novel sees Captain Jack Aubrey made Commodore in charge of a squadron of ships sent to take the islands of Mauritius and Réunion from the French, and so protect British shipping interests in the Indian Ocean.

The novel is based upon a campaign carried out by the Royal Navy in 1810.





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