Hornblower and the Crisis - A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea

A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Seabr>br>In the final instalment of the Horatio Hornblower series we visit some lesser known adventures across our hero''s long career, including Napoleon''s plans to invade England . . .br>br>1805 and Horatio Hornblower is in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte after a vicious hand-to-hand encounter with a French brig. The admiralty rewards Hornblower by sending him on a dangerous espionage mission that will light the powder trail leading to the battle of Trafalgar . . .br>br>Hornblower and the Crisis was unfinished at the time of Forester''s death, but the author left notes - included here - telling us how the tale would end. Also included are two further stories - Hornblower and the Widow McCool and The Last Encounter - that tell of Hornblower as a very young and very old man, respectively.br>br>This is the eleventh and final book chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester''s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.br>br>''The true master of the genre'' Boris Johnson>

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: 9781405936965
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-3696-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Series: A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea; A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; England, FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, France, c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1809