Commodore Hornblower

In this ninth volume in the Hornblower series, the incomparable Horatio Hornblower, recently knighted and settled in as squire of the village of Smallbridge, has been designated commodore of his own squadron of ships, led by the two-decker "Nonsuch" and bound for the Baltic. It is 1812, and Hornblower has been ordered to do anything and everything possible, diplomatically and militarily, to protect the Baltic trade and to stop the spread of Napoleon's empire into Sweden and Russia. Though he has set sail a hero, one misstep may ruin his chances of ever becoming an admiral. Hostile armies, seductive Russian royalty, nautical perils such as ice-bound bays, assassins in the imperial palace - Hornblower must conquer all before he can return home to his beloved new wife and son, as his instructions are to sacrifice every man and ship under his command rather than surrender ground to Napoleon.

ISBN 0316289388   Weight (grammes) 357 ISBN13 9780316289382 (What's this?)   Published in New York Publisher Little, Brown & Company   Series ISSN 09 Imprint Little, Brown & Company   Series title Hornblower Saga (Paperback) Format Paperback   Height (mm) 197 Publication date 29 Jun 1989   Width (mm) 127 Library of Congress 86010456   Spine width (mm) 24 DEWEY 823.912   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC21   Interest age 12 Pages 320   Alternative ISBN 9785557025195 Volumes 1

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