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jacey
Following straight on from ‘A Ship of the Line’ where Hornblower ended up surrendering his desperately damaged ship to the French, this is the story of how Hornblower, Bush and Hornblower’s very able-seaman ‘servant’ escape captivity while on their way to a show-trial in Patis and certain execution. There’s not much in the way of thrilling sea-battles, though our heroes to get a bit of sea-action towards the end. They return home to good news and bad news, but more anon. I’m enjoying Christian Rodska’s readings of these old favourites.
