- Title:
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Hornblower and the Atropos
- Series:
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Hornblower #5
- Written by:
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C.S. Forester
- Read by:
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Christian Rodska
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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10
- Duration:
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10 hours 35 minutes
- Published:
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March 28 2017
- Available Date:
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March 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489386830
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
‘No other contemporary writer can equal Forester at this kind of storytelling.’
Chicago Tribune
The fourth of 11 books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.
1805, and Hornblower is both humbled and honoured in quick succession ...
After near disaster on board a canal barge, Horatio Hornblower is given his first assignment as Captain, taking charge of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop that will act as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Soon the Atropos is part of the Mediterranean fleet's assault upon Napoleon, and Captain Hornblower must execute a bold and daring salvage operation for buried treasure lying deep in Turk waters. Under the guns of a suspicious port captain and the threat of a Spanish frigate more than double Atropos's size, Hornblower must steer his ship unscathed and triumphant ...