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New Lieutenant Hornblower’s latest ship is HMS Renown, a sound vessel whose captain is unfortunately of rather unsound mind.
When ordered to attack a Spanish anchorage, the chain of command breaks down and it requires all of Hornblower’s seafaring cunning to avert disaster.
As cannons pound and splinters fly aboard their beleaguered vessel, and the men are forced to engage at close quarters, the young lieutenant knows that to save his ship and crew he must prove himself a master of the high seas . . .
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This is the second of eleven books chronicling the nautical adventures of C. S. Forester’s inimitable hero, Horatio Hornblower.
Please Note: The Hornblower Saga is titled in order of the narrative’s chronology rather than the order in which the books were published.
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