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A hardcover slipcased Folio Society edition of Patrick O'Brian's Mauritius Command, . 2010.
Can Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew defy the odds, and outmanoeuvre the French, to take two small but vital islands in the Indian Ocean?Life ashore on half pay, despite the joys of family life, is unlikely to satisfy a man of action such as Jack Aubrey. The sea calls to him. And so, when his friend, ship's surgeon and secret agent Stephen Maturin, arrives with secret orders, Aubrey soon finds himself in command of a frigate and setting sail for the Cape of Good Hope.But, in Nelson's navy, there are as many enemies within as without.'
A very good condition unused copy, titles and author name in silver / gilt to spine, rope and flintlock pistol motif in silver to spine also.
There are two small areas of gilt loss or peel to the title on the upper front cover cloth (see photo)
