{"product_id":"hornblower-and-the-hotspur","title":"Hornblower and the Hotspur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHornblower's reconnaissance mission quickly turns to warfare in this installment of the beloved series of naval adventures by C. S. Forester, \"a master of the genre\" ( New York Times ).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApril 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel. Horatio Hornblower -- who, at age twenty-seven, has already distinguished himself as one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy -- commands the three-masted Hotspur on a dangerous reconnaissance mission that evolves, as war breaks out, into a series of spectacular confrontations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll the while, the introspective young commander struggles to understand his new bride and mother-in-law, his officers and crew, and his own \"accursed unhappy temperament\" -- matters that trouble him more, perhaps, than any of Bonaparte's cannonballs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Forester, C.S.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Classic)","offer_id":45555829702880,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/OIP_4_a6e6b171-2834-4b76-a029-485943e51630.jpg?v=1715798744","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/hornblower-and-the-hotspur","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}