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Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1958]
Edition
[1st. ed.]
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Admiral Hornblower faces pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
Author
Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 2
Publisher
Back Bay books
Pub. Date
c1980
Physical Desc
313 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates Horatio's adventures as a Lieutenant until his promotion to Commander during the early years of the Napoleonic Wars.
Author
Series
Publisher
Back Bay/Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2000, c1946
Physical Desc
293 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Once again the indomitable Hornblower risks his career in the fight against Napoleon. Allied with him is his old love Marie. She is by no means the least of the obstacles in the way of his return to the arms of Lady Barbara.
Author
Series
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 4
Aubrey and Maturin volume 4
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 4
Aubrey and Maturin volume 4
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 4
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
1991, c1977
Physical Desc
348 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Captain Jack Aubrey, given secret orders to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Reunion, finds his mission endangered by the behavior of two of his crew members.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and company
Pub. Date
1945
Physical Desc
3 p., l., [3]-384 p. 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Horatio Hornblower returns to sea with the rank of Commodore in command of a small squadron during the Napoleonic wars, and the fate of Europe hangs on the outcome of his mission.
Author
Series
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
1984
Physical Desc
371 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and fearless captain in Nelson's navy, accepts a mission that will test his abilities to the limit: he is to set sail immediately for Cape Horn, to intercept a powerful frigate intent on wreaking havoc among British whalers. Aubrey's beloved ship, HMS Surprise, is up to the task, but many of her sailors are untried. Aubrey's confidant, ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, has orders of his own in the world of secret intelligence....
Author
Series
Horatio Hornblower saga volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1950
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
310 p. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1793, a naïve seventeen-year-old English midshipman named Horatio Hornblower is ordered to board and capture a French merchant ship.
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
261 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
A Royal Navy warship is dispatched to the Pacific to help Chile fight for its independence from Spain. Twentieth volume in a series featuring Captain Jack Aubery and ship's doctor Stephen Maturin.
12) The commodore
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
281 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
First sent on a decoy mission to the Gulf of Guinea, Aubrey's seamanship and Maturin's resourcefulness as a secret intelligence agent are tested at their true destination, Ireland, where the French are mounting an invasion.
13) Post captain
Author
Series
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 2
Aubrey and Maturin volume 2
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 2
Aubrey and Maturin volume 2
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Captain Jack Aubrey, hiding out in France from his creditors, is forced to run for his life when Napoleon goes to war again in 1803.
14) The truelove
Author
Series
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 15
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 15
Aubrey and Maturin volume 15
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 15
Aubrey and Maturin volume 15
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
1993, c1992
Physical Desc
256 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Captain Jack Aubrey, dispatched with the "Surprise" to restore order in the Sandwich Islands where a British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief, must first deal with the chaos that erupts on his own ship when it is discovered one of the mates has smuggled aboard a prostitute.
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
1993, c1991
Physical Desc
315 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sequel to: The Thirteen Gun Salute. Captain Aubrey, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, and the crew of the Diane are shipwrecked on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses the trip undertaken in 1905 by Secretary of War William Howard Taft on a diplomatic mission for U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea, revealing the secret agreements Taft made in Roosevelt's name.
18) Sails and steam in the mountains: a maritime and military history of Lake George and Lake Champlain
Author
Publisher
Purple Mountain Press
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
393 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the archaeological finds and historical events which occurred in the Lake George and Lake Champlain region of New York, from the French and Indian War through the end of the twenty-first century.
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
261 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack Aubrey fears for his career as his hopes of achieving the rank of admiral dim in the face of peace, but he is offered a reprieve when Stephen Maturin brings news that the Chileans are seeking English officers to lead their navy and then he receives notice that Napoleon has escaped from Elba.
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
140 p. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents three chapters of what was to be the twenty-first Aubrey-Maturin novel following Jack Aubrey to his new post as Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron and contains both the printed version as well as a facsimile of his manuscript.
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