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A humiliated and shipless captive of the French, Horatio Hornblower faces execution unless he can escape and make a triumphant return to England ... Forced to surrender his ship, HMS Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle, Captain Horatio Hornblower is held prisoner in a French fortress. Prospects turn bleaker when he learns that he and Lt. Bush are to be tried and executed in Paris as part of Napoleon's attempts to rally the war-weary Empire. Even if Hornblower can escape this fate and make it safe to England, he still faces court-martial for surrendering his ship. With little...Read more
  • ISBN10 1417646055
  • ISBN13 9781417646050
  • Publish Date 1 April 1989 (first published 3 December 1925)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 7 April 2021
  • Imprint Turtleback Books
  • Edition Turtleback School & Library ed.
  • Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
  • Pages 244
  • Language English
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