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Step aboard C.S. Forester''s classic seafaring tale 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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One vital convoy can break Mussolini''s stranglehold on Malta - but it is intercepted in the Mediterranean by enemy warships . . .

Five light British cruisers are left to beat back the armed might of the Italian battle fleet and C.S. Forester - creator of Horatio Hornblower - takes us aboard HMS Artemis as she steams into battle against overwhelming odds. We get inside the heads of Artemis''s men, from the Captain on his bridge down to the lowest engine room rating, as they struggle over one long and terrifying afternoon to do their duty.

This brilliant and gripping story recounts life aboard a British warship during some

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/09/2011
      ISBN13: 9780241955482, 978-0241955482
      ISBN10: 0241955483
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Step aboard C.S. Forester''s classic seafaring tale 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
      _______

      One vital convoy can break Mussolini''s stranglehold on Malta - but it is intercepted in the Mediterranean by enemy warships . . .

      Five light British cruisers are left to beat back the armed might of the Italian battle fleet and C.S. Forester - creator of Horatio Hornblower - takes us aboard HMS Artemis as she steams into battle against overwhelming odds. We get inside the heads of Artemis''s men, from the Captain on his bridge down to the lowest engine room rating, as they struggle over one long and terrifying afternoon to do their duty.

      This brilliant and gripping story recounts life aboard a British warship during some

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