Hornblowerovská sága popisuje v 11. dílech na osudu námořního důstojníka Horatia Hornblowera celou nelsonovskou éru Královského námořnictva Velké Británie. V tomto prvním dílu zahajuje Horatio Hornblower svou pozoruhodnou kariéru jako... Zobraziť viac
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1812 and the fate of Europe lies in the hands of newly appointed Commodore Hornblower. Dispatched to northern waters to protect Britain's Baltic interests, Horatio Hornblower must halt the advance of Napoleon's empire into Sweden ... Zobraziť viac
1813, and Horatio Hornblower is propelled toward the heart of the French Empire and his old enemy, Napoleon. Sir Horatio Hornblower has received strict and highly confidential orders from the highest rank: he must embark upon a grave and ... Zobraziť viac
1805, and Hornblower is both humbled and honoured in quick succession. After near disaster on board a canal barge, Horatio Hornblower is given his first assignment as Captain, taking charge of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop that will act as flagship... Zobraziť viac
A humiliated and shipless captive of the French, Horatio Hornblower faces execution unless he can escape and make a triumphant return to England ...Forced to surrender his ship, HMS Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle, Captain Horatio ... Zobraziť viac
THE GRIPPING NAVAL THRILLER, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TOM HANKS _______ 1942. America enters the war and an untested officer receives his first wartime command... Zobraziť viac
The nineteenth century dawns and the Napoleonic Wars rage as Horatio Hornblower is ordered to the Caribbean and dangerous waters. New Lieutenant Hornblower's latest ship is HMS Renown, a sound vessel whose captain is unfortunately of rather ... Zobraziť viac
1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command. As a seventeen-year-old... Zobraziť viac
April 1803, and the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a three-master on a vital reconnaissance mission.... Zobraziť viac
It's May, 1810 - and thirty-nine-year-old Captain Horatio Hornblower has been handed his first ship of the line ... Though the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland is 'the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy' and a crew shortage ... Zobraziť viac
The final Horatio Hornblower story tells of Napoleon's plans to invade England... Set in 1805, "Hornblower and the Crisis" finds Horatio Hornblower in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte after a ... Zobraziť viac
Hornblowerovská sága popisuje v 11 dílech na osudu námořního důstojníka Horatia Hornblowera celou nelsonovskou éru Královského námořnictva Velké Británie... Zobraziť viac
1815, the Napoleonic Wars are over. Yet peace continues to elude Horatio Hornblower overseas. As an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the French wars, Horatio Hornblower, Commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and ... Zobraziť viac
une 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua-a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. The Admiralty has ordered Captain Horatio Hornblower, now in command of the thirty-six-gun HMS Lydia, to form an alliance against ... Zobraziť viac
In this ninth volume in the Hornblower series, the incomparable Horatio Hornblower, recently knighted and settled in as squire of the village of Smallbridge, has been designated commodore of his own squadron of ships, led by the two ... Zobraziť viac
June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full . . .Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a ... Zobraziť viac
Bank clerk William Marble is facing financial ruin - until a visit from a wealthy young relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him an unexpected solution... Zobraziť viac
The final Horatio Hornblower story tells of Napoleon's plans to invade England... Set in 1805, "Hornblower and the Crisis" finds Horatio Hornblower in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte after a ... Zobraziť viac
