Hornblower and the Crisis (Hornblower, #4) (A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea)

by C. S. Forester

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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