Synopsis
June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full . . .
Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and 'to take, sink, burn or destroy' the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad - or face court-martial. And as if that wasn't hard enough, Hornblower must also contend with the charms of an unwanted passenger: Lady Barbara Wellesley . . .
This is the fifth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241955536
- Number of pages: 304
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
- Weight: 213g
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Great series
I loved this series. Very well written adventure stories with great characters that take you from hornblower's first days in the navy to the near end of hi... READ MORE
First in the series!
As the title suggests this is the first book in the series but sits 6 in chronological order, also on a side note this book was the basis for the Gregory P... READ MORE