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Flying Colours by Cecil Scott, 1899-1966 Forester is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Flying Colours about?
Forced to surrender his ship, the Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle, Captain Horatio Hornblower now bides his time as a prisoner in a French fortress. Within days he and his first lieutenant, Bush, who was crippled in the last fight, are to be taken to Paris to be tried on trumped-up charges of violating the laws of war, and most probably executed as part of Napoleon's attempt to rally the warweary empire behind him. Even if Hornblower escapes this fate and somehow finds his way back to
Who reads Flying Colours?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Cecil Scott, 1899-1966 Forester
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
- Published
- 1973
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780854561773
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.29 / 5 (4,572 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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