Mr Midshipman Hornblower
Author(s): C. S. Forester
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. With a character-forming duel, several chases and some strange tavern encounters, 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.
General Information
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- : Penguin UK
- : Michael Joseph
- : 0.23
- : 01 July 2017
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : 01 January 2017
- : books
Other Specifications
- : C. S. Forester
- : English
- : 320