num_pages: 525
description: 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 A&amp;E 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 A&amp;E. Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this "new" series of nautical adventure stories.
language: English
title: Hornblower in the West Indies
titlecomplete: Hornblower in the West Indies
characters: Horatio Hornblower
genres: Maritime, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literature, Military Fiction, Classics, War, British Literature, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 5626
places: Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, West Indies, New Orleans, Louisiana
series: Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, Hornblower Saga: Publication Order
publisher: Ulverscroft