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Flying Colours

by C. S. Forester

A naval captain caught between captivity and reputation

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A naval captain caught between captivity and reputation

After surrendering the Sutherland in battle, Horatio Hornblower is held in a French fortress and faces a journey to Paris for trial. The danger is not only execution: even a return to England could bring a court-martial over the loss of his ship. The description places military peril alongside private concerns, including Hornblower’s pregnant wife and the fate of his lover. This installment brings together sea-war consequences, imprisonment, and the question of how a commander’s choices are judged—by his enemies and by his own country.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in historical naval fiction and sea stories.
  • Those following Horatio Hornblower’s adventures in C. S. Forester’s series.
  • Readers drawn to plots involving military captivity, trials, and questions of command responsibility.

Themes

Naval warfare and its aftermathCaptivity and trialCommand responsibilityPersonal concerns amid military conflict

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Book overview

Hornblower is captured by the French and faces execution in a Paris prison in this "most satisfying" chapter (Times Literary Supplement) in C. S. Forester's beloved naval adventure series.

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 war-weary empire behind him.
Even if Hornblower escapes this fate and somehow finds his way back to England, he will face court-martial for his surrender of a British ship. As fears for his life and his reputation compete in his mind with worries about his pregnant wife and his possibly widowed lover, the indomitable captain impatiently awaits the chance to make his next move.
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