First published in 1935, C.S. Forester's classic romantic adventure is a tale of opposites attracted. Allnut and Rose, a disreputable Cockney and an English spinster missionary, wend their way down a river in Central Africa in a rickety, asthmatic steam launch, and are gradually joined together in a mission of retaliation against the Germans. Fighting time, heat, malaria and bullets, the two have a dramatic rapprochement before the explosive ending of the book. This tale of unlikely love is thrilling and funny and ultimately satisfying.

This full leather, 11-volume hardcover set features titles Hornblower and the Hotspur, Flying Colors, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower, Hornblower During the Crisis, Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies, Ship of the Line, Hornblower and the Atropos, Commodore Hornblower, Lord Hornblower, Beat to Quarters.