18052 Books about Specific Authors With introduction by Barbara Brothers

With introduction by Barbara Brothers

Previous owner signature inside front cover dated "summer 1943

this best-selling memoir was first published in 1822

signed FFE with date May 17th 1910

18052 Books about Specific Authors With introduction by Barbara BrothersIt stands to reason that the author of the Horatio Hornblower series knew a lot about the age of sail and the battles during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era and the War of 1812. In this book, originally published in 1956, Forester sets the stage for the war briefly, and then goes straight to the action. He covers the heroes and explains the action in a way that keeps us riveted. He shows how the new nation, so recently a colony, and so ill