{"product_id":"9781405936910","title":"A Ship of the Line","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Forester, C.S. \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 14\/06\/2018,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781405936910,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Horatio Hornblower Tale of the SeaMay, 1810 - and thirty-nine-year-old Captain Horatio Hornblower has been handed his first ship of the line . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland is 'the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy' and a crew shortage means he must recruit two hundred and fifty landlubbers, Hornblower knows that by the time Sutherland and her squadron reach the blockaded Catalonian coast every seaman will do his duty. But with daring raids against the French army and navy to be made, it will take all Hornblower's seamanship - and stewardship - to steer a steady course to victory and home . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the sixth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I recommend Forester to every literate I know' Ernest Hemingway\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55612612673909,"sku":"9781405936910","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781405936910_08e84cc0-17a0-412f-85b5-a7ff6eb0a511.jpg?v=1759660040","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781405936910","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}