Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies Summary
C. S. Forester

Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies Summary

Admiral Hornblower is commander-in-chief of the West Indies station from 1821 to 1823, and experiences several situations which demand personal intervention. First, Hornblower must personally intervene to prevent a French contingent from attempting to reinstate Napoleon as the emperor of France. He then intrigues to capture a Spanish slave ship and shortly thereafter spends a brief period of time as hostage to a band of dim-witted pirates. Hornblower subsequently escapes entanglement in a...

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