A Ship of the Line Brian Jacques from the winner of the

from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story Award

especially who she really is

for de Montfort - or for themselves

prisoners compete as gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom

And for some

A Ship of the Line Brian Jacques from the winner of theMay, 1810 and thirty nine year old Captain Horatio Hornblower has been handed his first ship of the line . . . Though the seventy four gun HMS Sutherland is 'the ugliest and least desirable two decker in the Navy' and a crew shortage means he must recruit two hundred and fifty landlubbers, Hornblower knows that by the time Sutherland and her squadron reach the blockaded Catalonian coast every seaman will do his duty. But with daring raids against the