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Captain Hornblower R.N.
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1937
- Pages
- Pages 900
A Royal Navy captain off Central America is ordered to arm a rebel warlord against Spain, then ordered to fight him instead, and beats a far bigger Spanish warship while falling for a highborn passenger, his own marriage waiting onshore.
It was not long after dawn that Captain Hornblower came up on the quarterdeck of the Lydia.
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