Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know," are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions.
-- The Hornblower renaissance is in full sail with a nearly tenfold increase in sales: more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books sold in the first six months of 1999.
-- The A&E television network's series of original movies based on Hornblower's adventures have been tremendously successful -- praised by critics, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, and winner of the Emmy Award for best miniseries.
-- Two new movies will be premiering in the spring on A&E.
-- Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this "new" series of nautical adventure stories.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 11/02/1989
ISBN: 9780316289412
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.49w x 0.97d

Review Citations: Library Journal 07/01/2000 pg. 148

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 79987 / Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
Reading Level: 7.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 17