His Majesty's Ship Sutherland - of two decks and seventy-four guns - is a humdrum ship of the line. But in command is none other than the heroic Captain Horatio Hornblower and, with his crew from the Lydia, look set to take on...
Great Britain --History, Naval --19th century
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Author:C. S. ForesterSummary: -
Author:POPE, DudleySummary:Capt. Ramage and the crew of the frigate 'Calypso' engage French battleships and Barbary Coast pirates in this swashbuckling novel of the high seas.
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Author:C. S. ForesterSummary:Although unfinished at the time of the author's death in 1966, this novel delivers a full measure of action at sea. On the threshold of securing his first post as Captain, Hornblower finds himself forced to fight alongside a man...
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Author:C. S. ForesterSummary:1805, and Hornblower is both humbled and honoured in quick succession... After near disaster on board a canal barge, Horatio Hornblower is given his first assignment as Captain, taking charge of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop that will act...
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Author:C. S. ForesterSummary:Hornblower becomes a national hero when he escapes a French firing squad. But the Terror of the Mediterranean becomes Europe's most wanted man, forced to fight alone for England - and liberty.
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Author:C. S. ForesterSummary:Sailing the frigate Lydia, Captain Hornblower has orders to track down and sink the Natividad, a Spanish ship with twice his fire power. He is also commanded to aid the colonial revolutionary El Supremo, a messianic madman whose...
