false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166853824m/17775.jpg 77431 44 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. 2393986 book 1977 The Mauritius Command (Aubrey/Maturin Book 4) total:1274|5:523|4:536|3:197|2:17|1:1| 1274 5385 1567 64 5 3 false false Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Jun 16 13:58:56 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 31 13:33:19 -0700 2008 4 before I read it. However, at some point, sweeping down upon the blaggardly French under a great press of sail, foreboding the ruin of a tragically flawed officer, or smi...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Dec 10 02:53:51 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 02:33:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 09:00:11 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 09:13:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 04:21:27 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 04:29:24 -0800 2008
I love this series so much, for all the reasons I outlined in Master & Comm...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 19:32:16 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 20:05:55 -0700 2008 H.M.S. Surprise at a used book store or a garage sale about three years ago and finally read it a couple weeks ago. I have a friend who describes Patrick O'Brian as "Jane Austen for boys." I've long since exhausted my first reads o...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 15 20:02:54 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 20:07:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 16:57:22 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 13:05:20 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 16:44:56 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 16:52:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 23:58:44 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 00:05:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Mar 19 12:15:04 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 14:40:59 -0700 2009
That Patrick O'Brian chose to place his characters on the sea in the not so distant past just raised the hurdle I had to leap to get to know this wonderful author.

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It's a good example of how much I love and adore this series:

Haha, read the two last chapters in bed last night and actually shouted "OMG WTF N...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 13 09:27:53 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 12 05:01:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 16:44:47 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 16:53:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 20 13:58:29 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 21:43:30 -0700 2008
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