Stuart tells a story so well, with such convincing detail, that Phillip Hazard may stand on the same proud deck as Horatio Hornblower.
Description
To break the stalemate in the Crimea, where the Russian city of Sebastopol still stands strong against the allies' siege, the British must search for unlikely help among the self-reliant mountain people of Circassia. Commander Phillip Hazard of HMS Huntress is dispatched with a select handful of his crew to seek out the guerrilla leader Serfir Pasha and win him over as an ally.
Pages256
Released2004
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGlobe Pequot Publishing
ISBN9781590131893
SellerSimon & Schuster
Reviews
[Hazard] is a worthy successor to the Horatio Hornblower series, and make no bones about it.
For historical accuracy, writing verve and skill, and pace of narrative, [Stuart] stands alone.
The redoubtable Commander Hazard has won a permanent place in historical fiction and he places his author in the foremost ranks of the writers in this field.
The author's command of the smallest detail of the period is impressive. A historical novel of scholarship.
[Hazard] takes up precisely where Forester and Hornblower left off . . . and in many ways Phillip Horatio Hazard is a superior creation.
