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.
Author: C. S. Forester
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 11/01/1998
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.21h x 6.52w x 1.06d
ISBN13: 9780316290463
ISBN10: 0316290467
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Sea Stories
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.
Author: C. S. Forester
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 11/01/1998
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.21h x 6.52w x 1.06d
ISBN13: 9780316290463
ISBN10: 0316290467
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Sea Stories
About the Author
C. S. Forester (1899-1966) wrote many highly acclaimed novels, including the eleven-volume Hornblower saga and The African Queen.