Books like Captain Hornblower by C. S. Forester
Captain Hornblower and the Atropos, skippering the flagship for Nelson's funeral on the Thames, sets sail for the Mediterranean. 'Battle, storm, shipwreck, disease - what were the chances that he would never come back again?' 'The happy return' Hornblower sails the South American waters and comes face to face with a mad, messianic revolutionary in a novel that ripples with risk and gripping adventure.
First publish date: 1987
Genre: History/Military History
Authors: C. S. Forester
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