Third Novel in the Hornblower Series No one is better at creating thrilling authentic nautical adventures than C.S. Forester, "a master of the genre," says The New York Times. One of eleven volumes in the series, Hornblower and the "Hotspur" takes place in 1803, just as Napoleon is amassing an army of ships destined to attack England. The task of stopping him falls to young Horatio Hornblower, one of the Royal Navy's most daring and resourceful officers. During a series of spectacular confrontations, Hornblower proves himself to be not only a courageous and worthy opponent, but also of the most fascinating, complex heroes of our time.

Cecil Scott Forester was born Cecil Louis Troughton Smith in 1899 in Cairo, Egypt. His family moved into Camberwell, near London, and though raised in poverty, Forester's imagination was never short of unique. His first novel, A Pawn Amoong Kings (192