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Flying Colours

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Author(s):C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):Rowland Hilder
Publisher(s): Michael Joseph, Ltd.
Year Published: 1939
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
British
Fiction - Novel
Historical Fiction - Napoleonic Wars
Sea Stories
Age Range: Ages 13-18: Young Adult
Pages: 198
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0316289396
ISBN-13: 9780316289399
OCLC: 153884031

Description

While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance.

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Other Editions

Flying Colours (1939)

While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance.

Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
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Hornblower in Captivity (1965)

This omnibus edition of Ship of the Line and Flying Colours has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 3 in the Cadet Edition.

Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
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Hornblower in Captivity (1965)

This omnibus edition of Ship of the Line and Flying Colours has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 3 in the Cadet Edition.

Publisher: Michael Joseph, Ltd.
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