9780685108499

The Commodore

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9780685108499

Hardcover|9780685108499


Overview

These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know," are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions.-- The Hornblower renaissance is in full sail with a nearly tenfold increase in sales: more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books sold in the first six months of 1999.-- The AE television network's series of original movies based on Hornblower's adventures have been tremendously successful -- praised by critics, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, and winner of the Emmy Award for best miniseries.-- Two new movies will be premiering in the spring on AE.-- Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this "new" series of nautical adventure stories.

ISBN-13

9780685108499

ISBN-10

068510849X

List Price

$24.95

Format

Hardcover

Publisher

Amereon Limited

Published On

1989-04-01



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