Imprint: Penguin
Published: 13/07/2017
ISBN: 9781405928298
Length: 320 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 19mm x 129mm
Weight: 223g
RRP: £8.99
The first Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea
1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command . . .
As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's navy. Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves. After a character-forming duel, several deadly chases and some dramatic captures and escapes, the young Hornblower is soon forged into a formidable man of the sea.
This is the first of eleven books chronicling the nautical adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable hero, Horatio Hornblower.
Featuring an exclusive introduction by Bernard Cornwell, creator of Sharpe
'Absolutely compelling. One of the great masters of narrative' San Francisco Chronicle
Imprint: Penguin
Published: 13/07/2017
ISBN: 9781405928298
Length: 320 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 19mm x 129mm
Weight: 223g
RRP: £8.99
I recommend Forester to every literate I know
I find Hornblower admirable, vastly entertaining
One of the best. Everyone interested in war, or in human nature, should read
Absolutely compelling. One of the great masters of narrative
A master of the genre