{"product_id":"hornblower-and-the-hotspur","title":"Hornblower and the Hotspur","description":"\u003cb\u003eHornblower's reconnaissance mission quickly turns to warfare in this installment of the beloved series of naval adventures by C. S. Forester, \"a master of the genre\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel. Horatio Hornblower -- who, at age twenty-seven, has already distinguished himself as one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy -- commands the three-masted \u003ci\u003eHotspur \u003c\/i\u003eon a dangerous reconnaissance mission that evolves, as war breaks out, into a series of spectacular confrontations. \u003cbr\u003eAll the while, the introspective young commander struggles to understand his new bride and mother-in-law, his officers and crew, and his own \"accursed unhappy temperament\" -- matters that trouble him more, perhaps, than any of Bonaparte's cannonballs.\r","brand":"C. S. Forester","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44443240431852,"sku":"9780316290463","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780316290463.jpg?v=1708842233","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/hornblower-and-the-hotspur","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}