Lieutenant Hornblower: 02 (Hornblower Saga (Paperback)) - Softcover

The second novel in the late author's beloved series of seafaring adventures, which began to appear in 1938, follows the brooding Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower of the Royal Navy into battle against Napoleon on the high seas. Reprint.

In this second act of the Hornblower saga, the reader has an opportunity to revel in a gripping, rip-roaring tale of turmoil and triumph on the high seas. Lieutenant Hornblower emerges from his apprenticeship as a midshipman, to the new responsibilities thrust upon him by the fortunes of war between Napoleon and Spain. Enduring near-mutiny, bloody hand-to-hand combat with Spanish seamen, deck-splintering sea battles, and the violence and horrors of life on the fighting ships of the Napoleonic Wars, the young lieutenant distiguishes himself in his first independent command. And, at the end of this book, he faces an adventure unique to his experience: Maria.