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Join young Horatio Hornblower in the thrilling naval adventure from the author of The Good Shepherd, now a major-motion picture starring Tom Hanks

''A joyous creation, a perfection in words. Young Hornblower is, simply, one of the most complete creations of character in fiction'' Conn Iggulden, The Independent
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1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command . . .

As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty''s navy.

Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves.

After a character-forming duel, several deadly chases and some dramatic captures and escapes, the young Hornblower is soon forged into a formidable man of the sea.

This is the first

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I recommend Forester to every literate I know -- Ernest Hemingway
I find Hornblower admirable, vastly entertaining -- Sir Winston Churchill
One of the best. Everyone interested in war, or in human nature, should read * Times Literary Supplement *
Absolutely compelling. One of the great masters of narrative * San Francisco Chronicle *
A master of the genre * New York Times *

Mr Midshipman Hornblower

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 13 January 2017
      ISBN-13 9781405928298
      978-1405928298
      ISBN-10 1405928298
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Join young Horatio Hornblower in the thrilling naval adventure from the author of The Good Shepherd, now a major-motion picture starring Tom Hanks

      ''A joyous creation, a perfection in words. Young Hornblower is, simply, one of the most complete creations of character in fiction'' Conn Iggulden, The Independent
      _______

      1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command . . .

      As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty''s navy.

      Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves.

      After a character-forming duel, several deadly chases and some dramatic captures and escapes, the young Hornblower is soon forged into a formidable man of the sea.

      This is the first

      Trade Review

      I recommend Forester to every literate I know -- Ernest Hemingway
      I find Hornblower admirable, vastly entertaining -- Sir Winston Churchill
      One of the best. Everyone interested in war, or in human nature, should read * Times Literary Supplement *
      Absolutely compelling. One of the great masters of narrative * San Francisco Chronicle *
      A master of the genre * New York Times *

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