Hornblower #10 - Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies by C. S. Forester

Author:C. S. Forester [Forester, C. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Great Britain, Historical, Action & Adventure, Sea Stories, Great Britain - History; Naval - 19th Century, Great Britain - History; Naval - 19th Century - Fiction, Admirals, Hornblower; Horatio (Fictitious Character), Hornblower; Horatio (Fictitious Character) - Fiction, West Indies - History; Naval, Admirals - Fiction, West Indies - History - Fiction, West Indies - History, West Indies - History; Naval - Fiction, West Indies
ISBN: 9780316289412
Google: c21RGwAACAAJ
Amazon: 0316289418
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1983-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

THE GUNS OF CARABOBO

She was exactly like a British ship of war; naturally, perhaps, since she had been one most of her life until she was sold out of the service. Now, as she came up into the harbour, she could pass without question for a man-o'-war brig except that she flew the Royal Yacht Squadron burgee instead of a commission pendant. Hornblower put down the telescope through which he had been watching, curiously, her progress into Kingston harbour, and referred again to Barbara's letter, two months old now, which had arrived a fortnight ago.

My dearest husband (wrote Barbara. She sometimes misused her superlatives; that 'dearest', strictly, implied that she had at least three husbands, even though it also implied that Hornblower rated highest of the three).

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