18052 Books about Specific Authors With introduction by Barbara Brothers

With introduction by Barbara Brothers

all page edges are marbled

this set is handsome on the shelf

original was 1933

Somewhere along the way he climbed with Mallory

18052 Books about Specific Authors With introduction by Barbara BrothersIt stands to reason that the author of the Horatio Hornblower series knew a lot about the age of sail and the battles during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era and the War of 1812. In this book, originally published in 1956, Forester sets the stage for the war briefly, and then goes straight to the action. He covers the heroes and explains the action in a way that keeps us riveted. He shows how the new nation, so recently a colony, and so ill