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TITLE:
Hornblower during the crisis : and two stories ; Hornblower's temptation and The last encounter.
Former Title:
Hornblower and the crisis
Publication Date:
1967
Volume:
bk. 4
Series:
Contents:
Hornblower's temptation -- Last encounter.
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780316289443
General Note:
Published in the US as "Hornblower and the crisis."