The final Horatio Hornblower story tells of Napoleon’s plans to invade England …
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 …
Hornblower and the Crisis was unfinished at the time of Forester’s death, but the author left notes – included here – telling us how the tale would end. Also included are two further stories – Hornblower and the Widow McCool and The Last Encounter – that tell of Hornblower as a very young and very old man, respectively.
This is the final book chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester’s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.
- ISBN10 0141025050
- ISBN13 9780141025056
- Publish Date 5 October 2006 (first published 7 August 1970)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 September 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English