A review by stevenk
The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian

3.0

All of the battles in this book, both on land and at sea, are based directly on the real battle for the Mauritius Islands but with the fictional Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin mixed in. This book finds the main characters older and more subdued but still characters that O'Brian has made into likable old friends to the reader. O'Brian's attention to detail and love of the tall ships comes across and makes these highly enjoyable reads. I'm not recommending this one more because the reality got in the way of the story, the strange back and forth of the actual Mauritius campaign made this one drag a little bit at times.