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Shaking off this label, a shy and lonely 17-year-old, Horatio Hornblower, embarks on a memorable career in Nelson's navy on HMS Justinian. In action, adventure, and battle he is forged into one of the most formidable junior officers in the service.

In this new adventure, Hornblower is overjoyed to discover his next task is to serve aboard the mighty HMS Renown. After witnessing some unsettling scenes however, he soon finds himself struggling to serve under the captain, James Sawyer, whose unsound mind leads him to treat his crew with extreme suspicion and contempt.

Horatio Hornblower sails South American waters and comes face to face with a mad revolutionary in a novel that ripples with risk and gripping adventure. Throughout his escapades, Forester's hero remains resourceful and courageous.

In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain. Her first assignment under Hornblower's command is as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson.

In the ninth instalment of the series, C.S. Forester transports us to the quaint village of Smallbridge. Predictably restless and eager to embark on his next adventure, Horatio Hornblower dreams of returning to the seas and commanding his next ship. Now happily married to Lady Barbara Leighton and widely celebrated for his recent successes with the navy, Hornblower has been knighted and appointed a commodore. Fortunately for Horatio, his uneventful days as village squire are soon interrupted.

Having received strict and confidential orders from high above, C.S. Forester's inimitable hero must recapture The Flame, a brig which has been taken over by a band of mutineers. Voyaging to the Bay of Seine in order to rescue the captive Lieutenant Augustin Chadwick from his disloyal crew, Horatio Hornblower must once more fight for the freedom and safety of his people and country.

Her Majesty's ship Sutherland is a humdrum ship of the line. But in command is none other than the heroic Captain Hornblower and, with his crew from the Lydia, he looks set to take on commando raids, hurricanes at sea, and Napoleons's gun batteries.

Ralph Wrenn went to sea at the age of ten. Now nineteen and recently promoted, he serves as the fourth officer on the HMS Kingfisher. It masquerades as a merchant ship to capture Barbary pirate vessels. On one such mission, Ralph meets a beautiful and intriguing young woman. Now, he must contend not just with battles at sea but with a beguiling stranger who is not what she appears to be.

Der Auftakt der romantischen Serie über die Herzensangelegenheiten dreier Schwestern an der Ostsee von Bestsellerautorin Elli C. Carlson. »Wenn du etwas wirklich liebst, dann lass es los. Nur so kann es für immer dir gehören.« Als die freiheitsliebende Liv ihren Traumjob als Tauchlehrerin verliert, kehrt sie in das idyllische Dorf an der Ostseeküste zurück, in dem sie zusammen mit ihren beiden Schwestern groß geworden ist. Doch in dem kleinen Hotel, das seit Generationen in Familienbesitz ist, hängt der Haussegen reichlich schief. Und daran ist ausgerechnet Jewe schuld, Livs große Jugendliebe.

Der zweite Teil der romantischen Ostseeserie um drei Schwestern von Bestsellerautorin Elli C. Carlson. »Die Liebe macht keine Hausbesuche. Du musst ihr schon entgegengehen.« Die Pension Sturmnest, die seit Jahrzehnten im Familienbesitz der Larsens ist, steckt in der Krise, und Anni hat alle Hände voll zu tun, ihr Leben und das ihrer Familie endlich wieder in ruhigere Gewässer zu steuern. Doch Brodershöveds neuester Bewohner, der reiche IT-Investor Sten Ohlsen, macht es ihr nicht gerade leicht, und so scheinen die Tage des alten Familienhotels gezählt.

Море – это незаменимый транспортный путь для путешественников и торговли, место, перед которым многие испытывают страх, но все же находят в себе силы отправится в захватывающий мир великих открытий и приключений. Так что добро пожаловать на борт увлекательного сборника морских историй, рассказанных лучшими русскими писателями, которые будут интересны не только морским экспертам, но и самым обыкновенным сухопутным крысам.

Crash Dive: The Complete Series chronicles the adventures of Charlie Harrison as he fights the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2. Gripping, action-packed, authentic, and filled with larger-than-life men and women of the Greatest Generation, Crash Dive puts you aboard a submarine during the war. You'll stand alongside Charlie as he proves himself time and again by keeping his wits and being decisive in crisis, though each encounter leaves him more heavily scarred for it.

C. N. Barham served as a minister but was also an amateur hypnotist, and in this short story, he explores how clairvoyance might be used to track lost ships at sea by regaling the story of Audacious, a brig which never reached its destination.

Horatio Hornblower wird als Kommodore eines britischen Geschwaders in die Ostsee entsandt, wo er die britische Seemacht demonstrieren und den russischen Zaren für das Bündnis gegen Napoleon gewinnen soll. Hörspiel nach der Buchserie von Cecil Scott Forester.

Hörspiel nach der Buchserie von Cecil Scott Forester um den Seehelden Horatio Hornblower, der als Kapitän an Bord eines Kriegsschiffes der britischen Marine auf geheimer Mission die Meere durchkreuzt und dabei Abenteuerliches erlebt.