The Happy Return

A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Seabr>br>June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full . . .br>br>Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and ''to take, sink, burn or destroy'' the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad - or face court-martial. And as if he did not have enough trouble, Hornblower must also contend with the beguiling charms of an unwanted passenger: Lady Barbara Wellesley . . .br>br>This is the fifth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester''s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.br>br>''I find Hornblower admirable, vastly entertaining'' Sir Winston Churchill>

Product details

• Authors: C S Forester, C. S. Forester, C.S. Forester
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781405936903
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-3690-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Series: A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea; A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Action & Adventure, War & combat fiction