$24.11
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
13 July 2017
Summary
The nineteenth century dawns and the Napoleonic Wars rage as Horatio Hornblower faces the fury of the French and Spanish fleets combined. Amidst the hissing of wet wads, the stifling heat of white-hot cannonshot and the clamour of a mutinous crew, new Lieutenant Hornblower will need all of his seafaring cunning to overcome his first challenge in independent command on the high seas. And while blood and violence flow thick and fast aboard a beleaguered HMS Renown, the aftermath of war promises…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405928304 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1405928301 |
| Author: | C.S. Forester |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 13 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 23mm |
| Series: | A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea |
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I recommend Forester to every literate I know – Ernest HemingwayI find Hornblower admirable, vastly entertaining – Sir Winston ChurchillOne of the best…Everyone interested in war, or in human nature, should read this fascinating tale * The Times Literary Supplement *
About The Author
C.S. Forester
C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, where his father was stationed as a government official. On the outbreak of war he entered the Ministry of Information and later he sailed with the Royal Navy. In the HORNBLOWER novels he created the most renowned sailor in contemporary fiction. He died in 1966.
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