Hornblower and the Hotspur

Hornblower and the HotspurApril 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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 11/01/1998
ISBN: 9780316290463
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.21h x 6.52w x 1.06d

Review Citations: Library Journal 01/01/1999 pg. 168

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 79992 / Hornblower and the Hotspur
Reading Level: 7.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 19