The Mauritius Command is the fourth naval historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1977. Aubrey is married...
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Aubrey–Maturin series (redirect from Mauritius Command (novel))
used in the series. Master and Commander (1969) Post Captain (1972) HMS Surprise (1973) The Mauritius Command (1977) Desolation Island (1978) The Fortune...
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Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern...
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Jack Aubrey (category Characters in British novels of the 20th century)
The taking of the two islands in The Mauritius Command is closely based on the actual Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811, and the encounter with the Spanish...
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the third lieutenant on HMS Lively in HMS Surprise. He is met again as captain of the HMS Staunch in The Mauritius Command where he has inherited the...
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of Mauritius Command Commander-in-chief: Forces Army of Mauritius Local government in Mauritius History of Mauritius Current events of Mauritius Culture...
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naval action in the cold southern ocean as the Leopard is chased by the Dutch ship. Having recovered financially in The Mauritius Command, Captain Jack...
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novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series after their own reviews of two books much earlier in the series (HMS Surprise and The Mauritius Command, third and...
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The Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 was a series of amphibious operations and naval actions fought to determine possession of the French Indian Ocean...
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Lively. He is met again in The Mauritius Command as captain of a brig in the action, at which point he has inherited the title "Lord Narborough", which...
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military functions on Mauritius, with about 12,500 police officers under the command of the Commissioner of Police. The MPF is part of the Home Affairs Division...
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the Republic of Mauritius. Connections between India and Mauritius date back to 1730, diplomatic relations were established in 1948, before Mauritius...
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Nyasha Hatendi (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
30 July 2016. "BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Patrick O'Brian - The Mauritius Command, Episode 1". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 17 July 2016. "BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon...
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Tim Pigott-Smith (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
his leading role as Ronald Merrick in the television drama series The Jewel in the Crown, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best...
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Master and Commander (category Novels set during the French Revolutionary War)
for The Mauritius Command did not help, and US publications ceased with Desolation Island in 1978. In 1989 Starling Lawrence, an editor with the US publisher...
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Black Hole of Calcutta (redirect from The black hole of calcutta)
expect us to live in the Black Hole of Calcutta." Patrick O'Brian in The Mauritius Command (1977) compared Jack Aubrey's house to the black hole of Calcutta...
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Elliot is presumed dead in the pinnace. He was called Spotted Dick as midshipman when introduced in The Mauritius Command aboard HMS Boadicea. Preserved...
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Patrick O'Brian (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
HMS Surprise (1973) The Mauritius Command (1977) Desolation Island (1978) The Fortune of War (1979) The Surgeon's Mate (1980) The Ionian Mission (1981)...
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The known and sometimes formally documented history of Mauritius begins with its possible discovery by Austronesians (not documented) under the Austronesian...
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Vasily Golovnin (category Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree)
Vasily Golovnin makes an appearance in Patrick O'Brian's novel The Mauritius Command (1977). Sakoku List of Westerners who visited Japan before 1868...
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The National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is Mauritius's unicameral legislature, which was called the Legislative Assembly from 1968 until 1992...
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The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Mauritius is the official council which advises the President of the Republic in the making of major decisions...
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HMS Leopard (1790) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
Leopard" in the fourth book in the series The Mauritius Command, and in other books in the series, and ends its days as a store ship sailing from the English...
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in The Mauritius Command): Laurel This novel references actual events with accurate historical detail, like all in this series. In respect to the internal...
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Pennsylvania Harry Keating, in Patrick O'Brian's 1977 novel The Mauritius Command (based on the real life Henry Sheehy Keating) John Keating, a character...
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HMS Polychrest (category Fictional ships of the Royal Navy)
Cunningham (ed.) published by The British Library and was reprinted in the HarperCollins edition of P. O'Brian Mauritius Command (pages 319 - 332) ISBN 0-00-649918-X...
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Mauritius have expanded in the 21st century, although LGBT Mauritians may still face legal difficulties...
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Moorhens". Beauty of Birds. Retrieved 5 January 2019. Patrick O'Brian, The Mauritius Command, (1977) HarperCollins 1996 p.129. "Tristan da Cunha: Invasive species...
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1977 in literature (category Years of the 20th century in literature)
(edited by Benjamin Lease and Hans-Joachim Lang) Patrick O'Brian – The Mauritius Command Ellis Peters – A Morbid Taste for Bones Barbara Pym – Quartet in...
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Battle of Grand Port (category 1810 in Mauritius)
Navy over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France (now Mauritius), as part of the Mauritius campaign during the Napoleonic Wars. A British...
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