The Happy Return
by C.S. Forester (Author)
June, 1808, and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full. Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and "to take, sink, burn or destroy" the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad — or face court-martial. And as if that wasn't hard enough, Hornblower must also contend with the charms of an unwanted passenger, Lady Barbara Wellesley .
Please Note: This book has also been published under the title Beat to Quarters.
Please Note: This book has also been published under the title Beat to Quarters.
Hornblower Saga Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: Hornblower SagaReading level: 12+
Books in series: 12
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: seafaring adventure historical classic war
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. Mr Midshipman Hornblower (1950)2. Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)
3. Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)
4. Hornblower and the Crisis (1967)
5. Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)
6. The Happy Return (1937)
7. A Ship of the Line (1938)
8. Flying Colours (1938)
9. Commodore Hornblower (1945)
10. Lord Hornblower (1946)
11. Hornblower in the West Indies (1957)
+ Hornblower Companion (1964)