Hornblower and the Hotspur, C. S. Forester

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:02:00 +0100
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1962 Napoleonic naval fiction, tenth written and third by internal chronology. It's 1802, and the Peace of Amiens is breaking down; Commander Hornblower is given a sloop and sent to the blockade of Brest.