HORNBLOWER has been described as one of the best loved and most human characters in modern [mid-20th century] fiction'. This brisk, exciting yarn opens with his ship, the Renown, thrashing across the Atlantic with a mad captain, who is soon found unconscious at the bottom of a hatchway. The first lieutenant takes charge. The ship goes aground under the fire of Spanish batteries; Hornblower has a brainwave that saves her. A fort is stormed, prisoners seize the Renown, Hornblower performs heroic deeds-and so the adventurous tale rolls on! If you saw Gregory Peck as Hornblower in a recent film you MUST read this book.
Vintage paperback

Condition: Fair