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.
Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character), Fiction.
Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character), Fiction.
Ship captains, Fiction.
Ship physicians, Fiction.
Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character)
Maturin, Stephen (Fictitious character)
Ship captains.
Ship physicians.
Great Britain, History, Naval, 19th century, Fiction.