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Hornblower During the Crisis and Two Stories: Hornblower's Temptation and the Last Encounter (Hornblower)
Hornblower During the Crisis and Two Stories Hornblower's Temptation and the Last Encounter - Hornblower Author:Cecil Scott Forester Captain Hornblower, after two hard years on blockade at Brest, has relinquished the helm of the Hotspur. He has no ship, only the promise of one. Meanwhile there are battles to be fought. This reading of HORNBLOWER DURING THE CRISIS includes two other stories, "Hornblower's Temptation" and "The Last Encounter," all published after C.S. Forester... more »'s death in 1966. "Because Forester died before completing this novel, the reader is left with a summary sketch and his own imagination for final details of the plot. For Forester devotees, this will not detract from the essential verve and dash of Hornblower's last chase." (The Christian Science Monitor)« less