The Last Encounter

"The Last Encounter"
Short story by C. S. Forester
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Historical short story
Publication
PublisherSunday Mirror
Media typePrint (newspaper)
Publication date1966
SeriesHoratio Hornblower

"The Last Encounter" is a short story by C. S. Forester which provides the final chapter in the life of his fictional naval hero Horatio Hornblower. It first appeared in the 8 May 1966 Sunday Mirror.[1] The following year it was published together with the unfinished novel Hornblower and the Crisis and another short story, "Hornblower and the Widow McCool".

  1. ^ Forester, C. S. (8 May 1966). "The Last Encounter". Sunday Mirror. pp. 8–10.