| Flying Colours Contributor(s): Forester, C. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316289396 ISBN-13: 9780316289399 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1989 Annotation: "Before there was Patrick O'Brian, there was C. S. Forester, " said the Wall Street Journal in a recent review that described the eleven-volume series of Horatio Hornblower novels as "spellbinding." This epic saga of turmoil and triumph on the high seas, which recounts the exploits of one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy as he wrestles with his own "accursed unhappy temperament" and as he sails valiantly into battle after battle against Napoleon's forces, has delighted millions of readers since the series debuted in 1938. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sea Stories - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00265453 |
| Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.52" W x 8.31" (0.54 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 79990 Reading Level: 7.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hornblower is captured by the French and faces execution in a Paris prison in this "most satisfying" chapter (Times Literary Supplement) in C. S. Forester's beloved naval adventure series. Forced to surrender his ship, the Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle, Captain Horatio Hornblower now bides his time as a prisoner in a French fortress. Within days he and his first lieutenant, Bush, who was crippled in the last fight, are to be taken to Paris to be tried on trumped-up charges of violating the laws of war, and most probably executed as part of Napoleon's attempt to rally the war-weary empire behind him. Even if Hornblower escapes this fate and somehow finds his way back to England, he will face court-martial for his surrender of a British ship. As fears for his life and his reputation compete in his mind with worries about his pregnant wife and his possibly widowed lover, the indomitable captain impatiently awaits the chance to make his next move. |