Publisher's Synopsis
 
Weary of the war that he has waged nearly his entire life, Hornblower finds himself assigned an especially dangerous and dubious new task: to rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew in the Bay of the Seine. This risky adventure, coinciding with reports that the tide of war may be turning -- as Wellington has swept over the Pyrenees and the Russians have reached the Rhine -- propels Hornblower toward the heart of the French Empire, toward a fateful reunion with old friends, and toward the harrowing but glorious conclusion of his own battle with Napoleon.
 
Michael Joseph; 1949. Hardcover with unclipped dust cover. Dust cover is chipped to edges with small portions missing to top ad bottom of spine. Spine is sunned. Tear to mid spine. 224 pp. Cheap 4/-6 net edition. First published by Michael Joseph Ltd June 1946- First published in this edition 1949. Binding tight, text clean.  Preowned. No ISBN.