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This is a UK paperback edition. 12th printing from 2006 of the Penguin edition published in 1964. Features an introduction by Bernard Cornwell, creator of Sharpe.
Covers are showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities. Faint reading creases to spine. What looks like a tiny piece of laminate is missing from the bottom left-hand corner of the rear cover and 2 small nicks at the top edge of the front cover.
SYNOPSIS: “1813. Sir Horatio Hornblower has received strict and highly confidential orders from the highest rank: he must embark upon a grave and perilous mission to recapture the Flame in the Bay of Seine, where the brutal and foul-tempered Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick is being held prisoner by a mutinous crew.
Rescuing Chadwick demands all of Horatio’s spirit and seafaring power – for at the same time, he must contend with capturing two French cargo vessels and take part in negotiations to topple the faltering Napoleon once and for all…”
Packed weight 400gms. IN STOCK READY FOR DESPATCH
