A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea.

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 as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord NelsonSoon the Atropos is part of the Mediterranean fleet''s assault upon Napoleon, and Captain Hornblower must execute a bold and daring salvage operation for buried treasure lying deep in Turkish waters. Under the guns of a suspicious port captain and the threat of a Spanish frigate more than double Atropos''s size, Hornblower must steer his ship unscathed and triumphant.

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This is the fourth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C.S. Forester''s inimitable nautical hero, Horation Hornblower.

''I recommend Forester to every literate I know'' Ernest Hemingway

''I find Hornblower admirable, vastly entertaining'' Sir Winston Churchill



Format Häftad Omfång 384 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Penguin Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2018-06-14 ISBN 9781405936897