Hornblower and the Hotspur

C. S. Forester

April 1803, and the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a three-master on a vital reconnaissance mission . . . On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take theHotspurand head for Brest - war is coming and Napoleon will not catch His Majesty's navy with its britch...