![]() ![]() Later his squadron calls at Kronstadt, where he meets with Russian officials, including Tsar Alexander I, who is favourably impressed by Hornblower and his squadron. ![]() This leads to the French invasion of Swedish Pomerania. Hornblower is shown dealing with the problems of squadron command, and using naval mortars (carried on special ships known as bomb vessels) to destroy a French privateer. ![]() His primary aim is to bring Russia into the war against Napoleon. He still yearns to serve at sea and accepts with alacrity when the Admiralty appoints him a commodore, puts him in command of a squadron and sends him on a diplomatic and military mission to the Baltic. Having achieved fame and financial security, Captain Sir Horatio Hornblower has married Lady Barbara Leighton (née Wellesley) and is preparing to settle down to unaccustomed life as the squire of Smallbridge in Kent. ![]() It was published in the United States under the title Commodore Hornblower. The Commodore (published 1945) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. ![]()
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