Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Paperback
Descriere
The year is 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Horatio Hornblower, a seventeen-year-old boy unschooled in seafaring and the ways of seamen, is ordered to board a French merchant ship and take command of crew and cargo for the glory of England. Though not an unqualified success, this first naval adventure teaches the young midshipman enough to launch him on a series of increasingly glorious exploits. This novel-in which young Horatio gets his sea legs, proves his mettle, and shows the makings of the legend he will become-is the first of the eleven swashbuckling Hornblower tales that are today regarded as classic adventure stories of the sea.
Despre autor
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, cunoscut sub pseudonimul Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, a fost un romancier englez care a scris povestiri cu bătălii navale, cea mai notabilă fiind seria de 12 cărți despre căpitanul britanic Horatio Hornblower, serie care descrie aventurile unui ofițer din Marina Regală Britanică în timpul Războaielor Napoleoniene.
