Sailing the frigate, Lydia, Captain Hornblower has orders to track down and sink the Natividad, a Spanish ship of double his firepower. He is also commanded to aid the colonial revolutionary, El Supremo, a messianic madman whose atrocities shock even ruthless Spaniards.
"Sailing the frigate, Lydia, Captain Hornblower has orders to track down and sink the Natividad, a Spanish ship of double his firepower. He is also commanded to aid the colonial revolutionary, El Supremo, a messianic madman whose atrocities shock even ruthless Spaniards."@en
"Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and 'to take, sink, burn or destroy' the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad--or face court-martial. And as if that wasn't hard enough, Hornblower must also contend with the charms of an unwanted passenger: Lady Barbara Wellesley ... This is the fifth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C.S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower."@en
"Hornblower sails the South American waters and comes face to face with a mad revolutionary in a novel that ripples with risk and gripping adventure. Through his escapades Forester's hero remains resourceful and courageous. Originally published: 1951."@en
"CLASSIC FICTION. It's June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full ... Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and 'to take, sink, burn or destroy' the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad - or face court-martial. And as if that wasn't hard enough, Hornblower must also contend with the charms of an unwanted passenger: Lady Barbara Wellesley ... This is the fifth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C.S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower."
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