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Hornblower Takes Command

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Author(s):C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):Geoffrey Whittam
Publisher(s): Little, Brown and Co.
Year Published: 1965
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
British
Fiction - Novel
Sea Stories
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 223
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0884116360
ISBN-13: 9780884116363
LCCN: 65017324
OCLC: 575610707

Description

This omnibus edition of Hornblower and the Atropos and Beat to Quarters (The Happy Return) has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 2 of the Cadet Edition.

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Other Editions

Beat to Quarters (1937)

Captain Horatio Hornblower of the Lydia defeats the Spanish Natividad -- twice.

Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
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The Happy Return (1937)

Captain Horatio Hornblower in the Lydia defeats the much larger Spanish Natividad, only to have to fight her again.

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Publisher: Michael Joseph, Ltd.
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Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)

Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C. S. Forester.

Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea.

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Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
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Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)

Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C. S. Forester.

Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea.

Publisher: Michael Joseph
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Hornblower Takes Command (1965)

This omnibus edition of Hornblower and the Atropos and Beat to Quarters (The Happy Return) has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 2 of the Cadet Edition.

Publisher: Michael Joseph, Ltd.
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