Flying Colours by Forester, C.S. and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru One of my favorite of the Horatio Hornblower books, Flying Colours is in many ways the opposite of the previous book Ship of the Line. Where "Ship" is a plot-driven adventure filled with action and sea battles, "Colours" is a character-driven land-based drama that centers on Hornblower's capture and journey to Paris, to be dubiously tried by Napoleon for war crimes/5. Flying Colours is a novel in the Horatio Hornblower series by C. S. Forester, following immediately after A Ship of the Line. Royal Navy Captain Hornblower is a prisoner of war of the Spanish in the Napoleonic Wars (the circumstances of his capture being covered at the end of A Ship of the Line). While being taken to Paris to be tried (and executed) on the trumped up charge of piracy, he, Lieutenant Bush and .
Flying Colours is the final of the three books that chronicle Hornblower's career as a captain. Following immediately after the apocalyptic end to Ship of the Line, it follows Hornblower -- now awaiting trial for piracy by a furious Bonaparte -- as he tries to escape and get back to England. One of my favorite of the Horatio Hornblower books, Flying Colours is in many ways the opposite of the previous book Ship of the Line. Where "Ship" is a plot-driven adventure filled with action and sea battles, "Colours" is a character-driven land-based drama that centers on Hornblower's capture and journey to Paris, to be dubiously tried by. Flying Colours. A Ship of the Line is an historical seafaring novel by C. S. Forester. It follows his fictional hero Horatio Hornblower during his tour as captain of a ship of the line. By internal chronology, A Ship of the Line, which follows The Happy Return, is the seventh book in the series (counting the unfinished Hornblower and the Crisis).
Flying Colours is a novel in the Horatio Hornblower series by C. S. Forester, following immediately after A Ship of the Line. Royal Navy Captain Hornblower is a prisoner of war of the Spanish in the Napoleonic Wars (the circumstances of his capture being covered at the end of A Ship of the Line). While being taken to Paris to be tried (and executed) on the trumped up charge of piracy, he, Lieutenant Bush and seaman Brown escape. Flying Colours by Forester, C.S.. New York: Bantam, Edition Not Specified. Good minus/No DJ. 16mo = ". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Mass market paperback. Flying Colours by C. S. Forester was the third Hornblower book to be written. Taking up directly from the end of Ship of the Line, it begins with Hornblower a prisoner of war in the fortress overlooking the bit of sea where he fought a hopeless battle against a much larger French force.
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