Opening book details…
Can I read Ship of the Line on EtoBox?
Ship of the Line by C. S. Forester is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Ship of the Line about?
May 1810. Seventeen years deep into the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Horatio Hornblower is newly in command of his first ship of the line, the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland , which he deems "the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy List." Moreover, she is 250 men short of a full crew, so Hornblower must enlist and train "poachers, bigamists, sheepstealers," and other landlubbers. By the time the Sutherland reaches the blockaded Catalonian coast of Spain, the crew is capable of staging five astonishing solo raids against the French. But the grisly prospect of defeat and capture looms for both captain and crew as the Sutherland single-handedly takes on four French ships.
Who reads Ship of the Line?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- C. S. Forester
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Published
- 1938
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (42 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
More by C. S. Forester
Browse all works by C. S. Forester