This book is a compendium of 3 individual novels by C. S. Forester:
- Commodore Hornblower - first published 1945
- Lord Hornblower - first published 1946
- Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies - first published 1958
Covers Hornblowers role in the final defeat of France (in the Baltic and at Le Harve) and his command of the Jamaica station.