false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225272m/90951.jpg 90951 12 This sixth installment in C. S. Forester's eleven-volume chronicle of Horatio Hornblower places the captain in the gravest danger yet. <P>The time is May, 1810, deep into the Napoleonic Wars. Hornblower, newly in command of his first ship of the line is on his way to Spain with a ragtag, brutish crew. All their seamanship and all of Hornblower's ingenuity are demanded when the "Sutherland" takes on four French men-of-war. <P>"Exciting, realistic, packed with grand naval action." (The New Yorker) 2924 1938 Ship of the Line (Book 6 of the Hornblower Saga) total:564|5:221|4:245|3:90|2:7|1:1| 564 2370 710 28 4 1 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 13:13:44 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 13:43:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 29 08:26:03 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 08:26:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 02 10:02:35 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 10:29:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Apr 14 10:24:15 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 12:06:30 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 10:23:59 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 16:45:42 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 16:50:10 -0700 2008
The Hornblower Saga really comes down to the main three, and I think first three novels. Beat to Quarters (or The Happy Return), this novel and Flying Colors. The last two even could have been published as one story. FC picks up very soon after SotL end...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 16:51:09 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 16:20:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 09:04:05 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 09:09:19 -0700 2009
Then, I found a copy of this book at a used book store quite by accident while on the road last week and was glad that I did. This book was bett...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 22:20:49 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 22:33:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 21 14:42:27 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 12:12:59 -0700 2008
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Hornblower takes command of the Sutherland and leads its raw crew from bumbling ineptitude to clockwork professionalism. He must serve under in less than stellar comma...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 06:00:37 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:29:20 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 08:21:19 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 08:21:47 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Mar 27 17:07:42 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 18:21:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 17:30:15 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 10:31:34 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 21:53:33 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 21:55:20 -0700 2008
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