Lord Hornblower
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4.4 • 13 Ratings
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- $0.99
Publisher Description
Weary of the war that he has waged nearly his entire life, Hornblower finds himself assigned an especially dangerous and dubious new task: to rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew in the Bay of the Seine. This risky adventure, coinciding with reports that the tide of war may be turning-as Wellington has swept over the Pyrenees and the Russians have reached the Rhine-propels Hornblower toward the heart of the French Empire, toward a fateful reunion with old friends, and toward the harrowing but glorious conclusion of his own battle with Napoleon.
Customer Reviews
Not about naval warfare
The early chapters are terrific as Hornblower breaks up a mutiny and recaptures a vessel from its mutinous crew. I found the subsequent chapters about Hornblower serving as military governor of Le Havre and then later heading up a small band of insurgents fighting Bonapartists during the 100 days between Elba and Waterloo tedious reading. Probably the only Hornblower tale that I am not wildly enthusiastic about.