The Happy Return
(Beat to Quarters)
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| Author(s): | C. S. Forester |
| Illustrator(s): | Rowland Hilder |
| Publisher(s): | Michael Joseph, Ltd. |
| Year Published: | 1937 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Adventure British Fiction - Novel Historical Fiction - Napoleonic Wars Sea Stories |
| Age Range: | Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 287 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| ISBN-10: | 024195553X |
| ISBN-13: | 9780241955536 |
| OCLC: | 603433042 |
Description
Captain Horatio Hornblower in the Lydia defeats the much larger Spanish Natividad, only to have to fight her again.
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Beat to Quarters (1937)
Captain Horatio Hornblower of the Lydia defeats the Spanish Natividad -- twice.
Hornblower Takes Command (1965)
This omnibus edition of Hornblower and the Atropos and Beat to Quarters (The Happy Return) has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 2 of the Cadet Edition.
Hornblower Takes Command (1965)
This omnibus edition of Hornblower and the Atropos and Beat to Quarters (The Happy Return) has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 2 of the Cadet Edition.
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