Hornblower and the Crisis.

FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966).

London: Michael Joseph, 1967. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.174; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in a pictorial dust-jacket designed by Ivan Lapper, printed price 25s. Contents and page edges clean and fresh, discreet ink inscriptions to end paper, jacket lightly rubbed to extremities. Contains the draft of the final Hornblower novel, which was not finished at the time of the author's death, plus two Hornblower stories previously unpublished in book form. In 1805 Napoleon prepares to invade England. A desperate hand-to-hand encounter with a French brig gives Hornblower possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte - a means of luring the enemy fleet into battle. Asked by the Admiralty to risk a shameful death, he agrees to a dangerous mission which could rank as the greatest defeat of his career - turning spy to light a powder trail to Trafalgar. Item #75957

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