Beat to Quarters

by Forester, C. S.

• ISBN13: 9780316289320
• ISBN10: 0316289329
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1985-09-30
• Publisher: Back Bay Books

Summary

Called "as gripping and realistic a sea tale as you are likely to run across" by the New York Times, C. S. Forester's Beat to Quarters finds Hornblower faced with a near-impossible mission off the coast of Nicaragua.

June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua -- a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. The Admiralty has ordered Captain Horatio Hornblower, now in command of the thirty-six-gun HMS Lydia, to form an alliance against the Spanish colonial government with an insane Spanish landowner; 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. A daunting enough set of orders -- even if the happily married captain were not woefully distracted by the passenger he is obliged to take on in Panama: Lady Barbara Wellesley.

Author Biography

C. S. Forester (1899-1966) wrote many highly acclaimed novels, including the eleven-volume Hornblower saga and The African Queen.

Table of Contents

The Prosperous Voyage
The Captain	p. 3
Land	p. 19
The Orders	p. 26
El Supermo	p. 41
Revictualling	p. 58
The Coming of the "Natividad"	p. 72
El Supremo's Fleet Sails	p. 84
The Unprosperous Voyage
News from Europe	p. 111
Lady Barbara Comes on Board	p. 124
The Anchor	p. 134
More News from Europe	p. 142
Lady Barbara's Accomplishments	p. 152
Meeting The "Natividad"	p. 163
The Ships Dismasted	p. 177
Refitting	p. 184
Evening and Night	p. 193
The Battle	p. 205
Sunday Morning	p. 242
Fresh Orders from Spain	p. 255
The Isle of Coiba	p. 265
El Supremo Again	p. 275
The Happy Return
Homeward	p. 289
The Coward	p. 305
The Happy Return	p. 317
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