Author: C. S. Forester Year: 1962 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Free books, Adventure, Classic, Fiction
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ISBNs: 9780316290463 0316290467 |
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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.
This book is part of the "Hornblower Saga" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Lord Hornblower" First published in 1946 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Commodore Hornblower" First published in 1945 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Flying Colours" First published in 1938 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Ship of the Line" First published in 1938 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Beat to Quarters" First published in 1937 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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