The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat. No one would take a boat like that down a dangerous river through the jungles of Central Africa during the ...viac o knihe
Central Africa, 1914; Rose Sayer, a thirty-three year-old English woman, is left alone when her missionary brother dies. Her only route out is aboard The African Queen ...viac o knihe
'Hornblower fired. There was a small cloud of smoke, but no bang. This is death, he thought. My pistol was the unloaded one.' But Horatio Hornblower does not die. He survives ...viac o knihe
V tomto druhém dílu se Hornblower ocitá na palubě řadové lodi H.M.S. Renown pod velením krutého kapitána. Když stihomamem stižený kapitán utrpí úraz ...viac o knihe
It's 1942. America has just joined the war.
Greyhound, an international convoy of thirty-seven allied ships, is in operation.
Captain Krause must lead his first ...viac o knihe