Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies – rare and collectible book from Deb’s Rare Books
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

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Description

Author CS Forester

Publisher Curtis Publishing 1958

Binding hardcover

Condition very good,exceptional for age

Summary

Set in the final phase of Horatio Hornblower’s naval career, Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies returns Forester’s celebrated protagonist to active command amid the political and moral tensions of the Caribbean in the 1820s. Charged with suppressing piracy and navigating the shifting realities of British colonial authority in the wake of abolition, Hornblower must balance diplomacy, strategy, and personal conscience in an aging yet still volatile empire.

First published in 1958, this volume marked the concluding novel in Forester’s renowned maritime series, bringing the long arc of Hornblower’s career to a dignified and complex close. Forester’s careful attention to naval detail and geopolitical nuance continues to secure the series’ place among the foundational works of twentieth-century sea fiction.