Lord Hornblower
Book - 1946
As his naval battles with Napoleon conclude, Horatio Hornblower must rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew.
Publisher:
Boston : Little, Brown and company, 1946.
Series:
- Horatio Hornblower - #10.
ISBN:
9780316289436
0316289434
0316289434
Call Number:
FICTION FORES
Characteristics:
[3]-322 p. ; 20 cm.
Subjects:
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction.
Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.



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Add a CommentThis is probably the least engrossing of the Hornblower series, primarily because only the first part concerns a seagoing adventure, where Hornblower is always at his best. The remainder has to do with his administrative role during the final days of Napoleon's downfall -- and later his off-duty and ultimately tragic relationship with Marie de Gracay. As a man in command of a ship, faced with the elemental challenges of wind, weather and enemy cannons, devising ways to achieve the most with the material and human capital under his command, Hornblower is a man of remarkable abilities; removed from that environment, he is almost always a lesser man and less interesting.