Hornblower and the Crisis
By C. S. Forester
Read by Christian Rodska
The Horatio Hornblower Series: Book 4
Unabridged
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2 Formats: CD
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2 Formats: Library CD
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ISBN: 9798228432048
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ISBN: 9798228432031
| Runtime: | 4.22 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Historical |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
The final Horatio Hornblower story tells of Napoleon’s plans to invade England.
Set in 1805, Hornblower and the Crisis finds Horatio Hornblower in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte after a vicious hand-to-hand encounter with a French brig. The admiralty rewards Hornblower by sending him on a dangerous espionage mission that will light the powder trail leading to the battle of Trafalgar.
Hornblower and the Crisis was unfinished at the time of Forester’s death, but the author left notes telling us how the tale would end.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Author
Author Bio: C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (1899–1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works are The African Queen and the eleven-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era. His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. He is also known for writing gritty psychological thrillers that took crime writing in a new direction as they portrayed ordinary people turning in desperation to crime.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Historical |
| Runtime: | 4.22 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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