Book Details
Format
eBook
Pages
190
Language
English
Published
Oct 5, 2006
Publisher
Penguin
ISBN-13
9780141959214
Description
November 1810 – June 1811
This volume in the Hornblower series opens with Captain Horatio Hornblower a prisoner in the French fortress of Rosas, having had to surrender his ship, the Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle. Within days he and his first lieutenant, Bush, who was crippled in the last fight, will be taken to Paris to be tried on trumped-up charges of violating the laws of war, and most probably executed as an attempt by Napoleon to rally the war-weary empire behind him. Even if Hornblower escapes this fate, and somehow finds his way back to England, he will have to face courtmarial there for his surrender of a British ship.
Only the inimitable Hornblower could possibly overcome this latest set of challenges. Fears for his life and his reputation compete in Hornblower's mind with worries about his pregnant wife and his possibly widowed lover, as he impatiently awaits his chance to make a move....
This volume in the Hornblower series opens with Captain Horatio Hornblower a prisoner in the French fortress of Rosas, having had to surrender his ship, the Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle. Within days he and his first lieutenant, Bush, who was crippled in the last fight, will be taken to Paris to be tried on trumped-up charges of violating the laws of war, and most probably executed as an attempt by Napoleon to rally the war-weary empire behind him. Even if Hornblower escapes this fate, and somehow finds his way back to England, he will have to face courtmarial there for his surrender of a British ship.
Only the inimitable Hornblower could possibly overcome this latest set of challenges. Fears for his life and his reputation compete in Hornblower's mind with worries about his pregnant wife and his possibly widowed lover, as he impatiently awaits his chance to make a move....
Genres
Action & Adventure
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Another daring and exciting tale of Horatio Hornblower! Every turn of this book had new obstacles and chances of defeat for Hornblower, but he just kept getting by and proved his character time and again. The ending of this one was quite emotional and shined a bit more light on his personal side and endearing him to us even more.
July 29th 2026