Hornblower during the crisis /
On the threshold of securing his first post as captain, Hornblower finds himself forced by the exigencies of war to fight alongside a man whom he has unintentionally helped to court-martial. And for the first time Hornblower assents to engaging in espionage in his efforts to bring victory and glory...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Boston ; London :
Little, Brown and Company,
1999.
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| Series: | Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966. Hornblower ;
4. |
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| Summary: | On the threshold of securing his first post as captain, Hornblower finds himself forced by the exigencies of war to fight alongside a man whom he has unintentionally helped to court-martial. And for the first time Hornblower assents to engaging in espionage in his efforts to bring victory and glory to England in the Napoleonic Wars. This extant fragment of Forester's final Hornblower novel is followed by the author's notes regarding the novel's conclusion. |
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| Item Description: | "Copyright 1950, © 1966, 1967 ... Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Little, Brown and Company. Reissued in paperback by Back Bay Books, 1999"--Title page verso. Reissued in paperback by Back Bay Books. The last Hornblower novel written, & two short stories. |
| Physical Description: | 162 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 0316289159 9780316289153 9780316289443 0316289442 |