Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies / by C.S. Forester.
Material type: TextSeries: Forester, C. S. Hornblower ; 11.Publisher: New York : Back Bay Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, 2000Copyright date: ©1986Description: 342 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316289412
- 0316289418
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | FORESTER C. S. | HO 11 | Available | 33111010861520 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Hornblower confronts pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in this "excellent" installment ( The Atlantic ) in C. S. Forester's beloved saga of naval adventures.
In the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, the legendary Rear Admiral Lord Hornblower struggles to impose order. Serving as commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Hornblower confronts a formidable array of hostile forces. The war is over, but peaceful it is not.
"A rattling good story." -- New York Times
Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Little Brown, 1958.
As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Admiral Hornblower faces pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.