Publication

1998-11-01 - Back Bay Books

Language

English

Word Count

100,000 words, Guess

Page Count

400 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivehornblowerhotsp00csfo
  • ISBN-100316290467
  • ISBN-139780316290463
  • LibraryThing72842
  • Goodreads84746
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Classifications

  • LCCPR6011.O56H66 1998
  • LCCPR6011.O56 H66 1998

Description

April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel. Horatio Hornblower -- who, at age twenty-seven, has already distinguished himself as one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy -- commands the three-masted Hotspur on a dangerous reconnaissance mission that evolves, as war breaks out, into a series of spectacular confrontations. All the while, the introspective young commander struggles to understand his new bride and mother-in-law, his officers and crew, and his own "accursed and unhappy temperament" -- matters that trouble him more, perhaps, than any of Bonaparte's cannonballs. - Back cover.

First Sentence

"REPEAT AFTER ME," said the person.

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