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The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'brian

The Mauritius Command: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Aubrey/Maturin series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mauritius Command runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patrick Tull (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2003released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Mauritius Command at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Aubrey/Maturin

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 52.1 hours before it; books 1 to 21 run 265.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Master and Commander16.8 hrs
2Post Captain19.5 hrs
3H.M.S. Surprise15.9 hrs
4The Mauritius Command14 hrs
5Desolation Island13.1 hrs
6The Fortune of War13.2 hrs
7The Surgeon's Mate15.1 hrs
8The Ionian Mission15.1 hrs
9Treason's Harbour12.9 hrs
10The Far Side of the World14.6 hrs
11The Reverse of the Medal10.4 hrs
12The Letter of Marque11.6 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,981 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Mauritius Command is book 4 of Patrick O'brian's Aubrey/Maturin series: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Tull, released December 25, 2003, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14 hrs
Narrated by
Patrick Tull
Released
December 25, 2003
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Aubrey/Maturin #4
ISBN
9781440781117

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Mauritius Command as an audiobook?

The Mauritius Command runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.

Is The Mauritius Command free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Mauritius Command?

The Mauritius Command is narrated by Patrick Tull.

Is The Mauritius Command worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.