Geoffrey Howard
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The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength, Perelandra continues the adventures of the extraordinary Dr. Ransom. Pitted against the most destructive of human weaknesses, temptation, the great man must battle evil on a new planet Perelandra when it is invaded by a dark force. Will Perelandra succumb to this malevolent being, who strives to create...
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(Cecil Scott),Hornblower volume 3
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English
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Preparation for war against the French, daring commando-style raids and the rigors of naval discipline tests Hornblower's ingenuity and courage to the limit.
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(Cecil Scott),Hornblower volume 1
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English
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Here we meet Horatio Hornblower, a young man of 17, in this Volume #1 of what becomes the 11 volume set about the career of this British Naval officer fighting against Napoleon and his tyranny of Europe as an inexperienced midshipman in January 1794. Bullied and forced into a duel, he takes an even chance. And then he has many more chances to show his skills and ingenuities - from sailing a ship full of wetted and swelling rice to imprisonment and...
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(Cecil Scott),Hornblower volume 5
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English
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In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain. Her first assignment under Hornblower's command is as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Soon Atropos is part of the Mediterranean Fleet's harassment of Napoleon, recovering treasure that lies deep in Turkish waters and boldly...
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(Cecil Scott),Hornblower volume 2
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English
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His cool judgment under fire shows that young Hornblower is maturing as he repeatedly defeats the Spanish warships.
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(Cecil Scott),Hornblower volume 10
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English
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As his naval battles with Napoleon conclude, Horatio Hornblower must rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew.
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(Cecil Scott),Hornblower volume 9
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English
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It is 1812, and Hornblower has been given sole responsibility for protecting the Baltic trade and stopping the spread of Napoleon's empire into Sweden and Russia. His instructions are to sacrifice every man and his ship rather than surrender.