Description
Hornblower’s reconnaissance mission quickly turns to warfare in this installment of the beloved series of naval adventures by C. S. Forester, a master of the genre (New York Times).
April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel. Horatio Hornblower — who, at age twenty-seven, has already distinguished himself as one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy — commands the three-masted Hotspur on a dangerous reconnaissance mission that evolves, as war breaks out, into a series of spectacular confrontations.All the while, the introspective young commander struggles to understand his new bride and mother-in-law, his officers and crew, and his own accursed unhappy temperament — matters that trouble him more, perhaps, than any of Bonaparte’s cannonballs.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: C. S. Forester
Published: 11/01/1998
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 9780316290463
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 1.06″ H x 8.21″ L x 6.52″ W
About the Author
C. S. Forester (1899-1966) wrote many highly acclaimed novels, including the eleven-volume Hornblower saga and The African Queen.
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