His Majesty's Ship Sutherland - of two decks and seventy-four guns - is a humdrum ship of the line. But in command is none other than the heroic Captain Horatio Hornblower and, with his crew from the Lydia, look set to take on...
Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character)
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Auteur:C. S. ForesterSommaire:A shy and lonely seventeen-year-old, Horatio Hornblower, embarks on a memorable career in Nelson's navy - and becomes one of the most formidable junior officers in the service.
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Auteur:C. S. ForesterSommaire:As his naval battles with Napoleon conclude, Horatio Hornblower must rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew.
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Auteur:C. S. ForesterSommaire:Although unfinished at the time of the author's death in 1966, this novel delivers a full measure of action at sea. On the threshold of securing his first post as Captain, Hornblower finds himself forced to fight alongside a man...
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Auteur:C. S. ForesterSommaire:April 1803. On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take the 'Hotspur' and head for Brest - war is coming and Napoleon will not catch His Majesty's navy with its britches round its ankles. With thoughts of his new...
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Auteur:C. S. ForesterSommaire:1805, and Hornblower is both humbled and honoured in quick succession... After near disaster on board a canal barge, Horatio Hornblower is given his first assignment as Captain, taking charge of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop that will act...
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Auteur:C. S. ForesterSommaire:Hornblower becomes a national hero when he escapes a French firing squad. But the Terror of the Mediterranean becomes Europe's most wanted man, forced to fight alone for England - and liberty.
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Auteur:C. S. ForesterSommaire:The final three stories of Forester's early 19th century British naval hero. In "Lord Hornblower", the English fleet battles to retain Le Havre, its only foothold in Napoleon's France.
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Auteur:C. S. ForesterSommaire:Sailing the frigate Lydia, Captain Hornblower has orders to track down and sink the Natividad, a Spanish ship with twice his fire power. He is also commanded to aid the colonial revolutionary El Supremo, a messianic madman whose...
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Auteur:C. S. ForesterSommaire:As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Admiral Hornblower faces pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
