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"1793. Horatio Hornblower is only seventeen when he joins His Majesty's Royal Navy as a Midshipman. He's dangerously unschooled in seafaring and the ways of seamen, but he's saved by his quick, mathematical mind and keen eye ... This is where it all begins--where young Hornblower...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1998.
Series:Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966. Hornblower ; 1.
Subjects:
Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century > Fiction.
Midshipmen > Great Britain > Fiction.
Sea stories.
Hornblower, Horatio (Personnage fictif) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 18e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Aspirants de marine > Grande-Bretagne > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Récits de mer.
Sea stories
Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character)
Midshipmen
Great Britain
1700-1799
Bildungsroman.
Novels
Sea fiction
Historical fiction
Bildungsromans
Action and adventure fiction
Fiction
Naval history
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Sea fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
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Summary:"1793. Horatio Hornblower is only seventeen when he joins His Majesty's Royal Navy as a Midshipman. He's dangerously unschooled in seafaring and the ways of seamen, but he's saved by his quick, mathematical mind and keen eye ... This is where it all begins--where young Hornblower gets his sea legs and shows the makings of the legend he will later become."--Jacket.
Physical Description:310 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780316290609
0316290602
9780316289122
0316289124