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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Author: C. S. ForesterSummary: -
Author: C. S. ForesterSummary: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...
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Author: C. S. ForesterSummary: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...
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Author: C. S. ForesterSummary: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...
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Author: C. S. ForesterSummary: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...
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Author: C. S. ForesterSummary: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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Author: C. S. ForesterSummary: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...
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Author: C. S. ForesterSummary: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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Author: C. S. ForesterSummary: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...
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Author: C. S. ForesterSummary: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...