June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full ...
Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and `to take, sink, burn or destroy' the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad - or face court-martial. And as if that wasn't hard enough, Hornblower must also contend with the charms of an unwanted passenger: Lady Barbara Wellesley ... This is the...
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June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full ...
Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and `to take, sink, burn or destroy' the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad - or face court-martial. And as if that wasn't hard enough, Hornblower must also contend with the charms of an unwanted passenger: Lady Barbara Wellesley ... This is the fifth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.
- ISBN13 9780655625780
- Publish Date 1 November 2019 (first published August 1969)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Bolinda Publishing
- Imprint ABC/Audible Audio
- Edition Unabridged edition
- Format Audiobook (CD)
- Duration 7 hours and 49 minutes
- Language English
