A ship of the line
Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-19662006
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It is May, 1810 - and thirty-nine-year-old Captain, Horatio Hornblower has been handed his first ship of the line...Though the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland is 'the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy' and a crew shortage means he must recruit two hundred and fifty landlubbers, Hornblower knows that by the time Sutherland and her squadron reach the blockaded Catalonian coast every seaman will do his duty. But with daring raids against the French army and navy to be made, it will take all Hornblower's seamanship - and stewardship - to steer a steady course to victory and home...
Main title:
A ship of the line / C. S. Forester ; introduction by Bernard Cornwell.
Work:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2006, c1938
Collation:
vii, 316 p. ; 19 cm.
Series title:
Horatio Hornblower ; 7.
ISBN:
97801410270430141027045 (pbk)9780241955581
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
34275