Commodore Hornblower (Hornblower Saga)

Commodore Hornblower (Hornblower Saga)
by C. S. Forester

Commodore Hornblower (Hornblower Saga)
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Author: C. S. Forester
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-12-09
ISBN: 0884119289
Publisher: Amereon Ltd

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Book Review: The destiny of the world
Summary: 5 Stars

This was my first introduction to Horatio Hornblower, and I'm hooked...couldn't put this down, or any of the next two either.

Hornblower is made a commodore and given a small fleet, and sent to the Baltic to ensure the safety of maritime trade. The local threat to British shipping is dealt with in short order, but the diplomatic situation quickly becomes complicated as the neutrality of Sweden and Russia are threatened. Will the Sweden be dragged into the war on the side of Napoleon, will Russia submit to French mastery of Europe?

Hornblower has the opportunity to dine with the czar and participate in the seige of Riga. By the end of the novel, his health is spent, the tide of the war is turned, and you care intensely about the next chapter of the saga.

Summary of Commodore Hornblower (Hornblower Saga)

These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know", are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions.
-- The Hornblower renaissance is in full sail with a nearly tenfold increase in sales: more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books sold in the first six months of 1999.
-- The A&E television network's series of original movies based on Hornblower's adventures have been tremendously successful -- praised by critics, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, and winner of the Emmy Award for best miniseries.
-- Two new movies will be premiering in the spring on A&E.
-- Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this "new" series of nautical adventure stories.

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