Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.1
Points
18.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
97536
Points per Word
0.000185
Description
It is 1812 and Hornblower has been given sole responsibility for protecting the Baltic trade and stopping the spread of Napoleon's empire into Sweden and Russia. His instructions are to sacrifice every man and his ship rather than surrender.