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The Mauritius Command
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 4
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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 against two French-held islands. The difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains...
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Theme Begins to Mature
- By Christopher on 04-06-03
- The Mauritius Command
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 4
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
Poor Tim Pigott-Smith
Reviewed: 12-09-15
What disappointed you about The Mauritius Command?
The reader is pitifully mis-cast with such a bland and plummy voice so inappropriate to the material. It's like Johnny Mathis singing Muddy Waters. Perfectly intelligible, but completely wrong. Just listen to one of the volumes narrated by Patrick Tull who is BRILLIANT, astonishing! with such well defined, different voices and accents for the main characters, and such address and verve. You can smell the salt-sea air and *see* the action and understand the jist of the all the amazing nautical palaver guided by his dead-to-rights interpretation.
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