Name: Hornblower and the Hotspur
ISBN: 9781444838169

Cecil Scott Forester

1803: Newly married Horatio Hornblower is shamefully relieved when he is summoned from his wedding breakfast to meet Admiral Cornwallis. With Britain teetering on the edge of war, Hornblower is once more called to sea, in command of the Hotspur. His orders are to observe the French fleet at Brest ahead of the planned blockade - and do absolutely nothing to provoke retaliation until war is formally declared. But as the Hotspur sails on, with no idea whether the peace still holds, the French frigate Loire starts to play cat-and-mouse. Hornblower must decide whether to run - or to fight...

Hornblower and the Hotspur

C. S. Forester

April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel. Horatio Hornblower-who, at age twenty-seven, has already distinguished himself as one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy-commands the three-masted Hotspur on a dangerous reconnaissance mission that evolves, as war breaks out, into a series of spectacular confrontations. All the while, the introspective young commander struggles to understand his new bride and mother-in-law, his officers and crew, and his own "accursed unhappy temperament"-matters that trouble him more, perhaps, than any of Bonaparte's cannonballs.

Andrew Kerr

Another solid book in the series. I enjoyed the pacing of this book better then the earlier ones in the series.

Michael McBride

Brianna

Hornblower leads a ship into the Mediterranean in this "intense and exciting" installment (New York Times) of C. S. Forester's beloved naval adventure saga. In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain. Her first assignment under Hornblower's command is as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Soon Atropos is part of the Mediterranean Fleet's harassment of Napoleon, recovering treasure that lies deep in Turkish waters and boldly challenging a Spanish frigate several times her size. At the center of each adventure is Hornblower, Forester's most inspired creation, whose blend of cautious preparation and spirited execution dazzles friend and foe alike. "I find Hornblower admirable, vastly entertaining." --Winston Churchill

Hornblower and the Hotspur

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