The Commodore

Captain Sir Horatio Hornblower has it all. His military exploits have earned him considerable renown, not to mention plenty of wealth to go along with it. He's found love, too, and is happily married to Lady Barbara. A comfortable life awaits in the county of Kent in southeast England.

Only, the pull of the sea and of his former life is just too much for him. Offered a promotion, Hornblower becomes the titular Commodore and is sent off on a new mission — to bring the might of Imperial Russia to bear on Napoleonic France, side by side with the British forces.

C.S. Forester's best loved creation, Horatio Hornblower returns for another rip-roaring adventure. This title, published in 1945 as the forces of a new Russia drew closer to Berlin, came more than six years after the previous instalment in the series and remains one of the most popular Hornblower novels. The Commodore is something of a transitional point in the saga, marking our hero's progression into maturity and responsibility, and continues to delight and fascinate audiences in equal measure to this day.