The Mauritius Command (1st Edition). This item is unavailable.
19,119 ratings by Goodreads
Language: English
Published by Collins, 1977
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Item image 1 of 4.
Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United KingdomBramble Books
5-star seller
AbeBooks seller since May 17, 2010
Unavailable
Hardcover
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 61.90
Item description from seller
Green boards with gilt titles to the spine. Ex library with a stamp to the copyright page and end page has been removed. Otherwise it is a nice copy that only looks lightly read. Jacket is not price clipped. Jacket has some creasing. A hard to find 1st print. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.
Seller Inventory # s18208
- Title
- The Mauritius Command (1st Edition)
- Author
- Patrick O'Brian
- Publisher
- Collins
- Publication year
- 1977
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 000222383X
- ISBN 13
- 9780002223836
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Series
- Book 4 of 21: Aubrey/Maturin Novels
A maritime adventure featuring Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. Aubrey is ashore on half-pay without a command, until Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope, under a Commodore's pennant. He accepts the order but soon runs into difficulties with two of his crew - a drunkard and a mutinous captain.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
Ashore without a command--and on half-pay to boot--Jack Aubrey's prayers are answered when Stephen Maturin shows up with a secret mission for him. The two men have been ordered to the Cape of Good Hope. There they hope to dislodge the French garrisons on the islands of Mauritius and La Reunion. Alas, two of their own colleagues--a dilettante and a martinet--prove to be nearly as great an obstacle as the French themselves.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.