Beat to quarters

Beat to quarters

C. S. Forester, 1899-1966

Book - 1999

With rations running dangerously low, Captain Hornblower fears that the lure of the South Sea islands may entice the crew to mutiny.

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Subjects
Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Sea stories.
War stories.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century > Fiction.
Published
Boston : Back Bay Books 1999.
Language
English
Main Author
C. S. Forester, 1899-1966 (-)
Physical Description
viii, 273 p. ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780316289320
  • Part I. The Prosperous Voyage
  • I. The Captain
  • II. Land
  • III. The Orders
  • IV. El Supermo
  • V. Revictualling
  • VI. The Coming of the "Natividad"
  • VII. El Supremo's Fleet Sails
  • Part II. The Unprosperous Voyage
  • VIII. News from Europe
  • IX. Lady Barbara Comes on Board
  • X. The Anchor
  • XI. More News from Europe
  • XII. Lady Barbara's Accomplishments
  • XIII. Meeting The "Natividad"
  • XIV. The Ships Dismasted
  • XV. Refitting
  • XVI. Evening and Night
  • XVII. The Battle
  • XVIII. Sunday Morning
  • XIX. Fresh Orders from Spain
  • XX. The Isle of Coiba
  • XXI. El Supremo Again
  • Part III. The Happy Return
  • XXII. Homeward
  • XXIII. The Coward
  • XXIV. The Happy Return
Review by Library Journal Review

C.S. Forester constructs a swift adventure novel that enthralls readers with the pace of war and the perils of love. Horatio Hornblower captains the H.M.S. Lydia to a top-secret rendezvous off Nicaragua in 1807. Lydia, 36-gun frigate, has seen better days. Her timbers leak and her deck planks creak under the crew's weight. When Hornblower unwillingly allies himself with a psychopathic warlord named El Supremo, the Lydia must go into battle against a ship twice her size with double her firepower. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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