20 parts Complete 1812, Russia. After Hornblower is sent home with Russian Typhus, Captain William Bush is left to take command of his squadron. But with a difficult young commander to control, and orders to sail through controversial waters "avoiding action if at all possible", life won't be easy for him. And who IS the new surgeon Bush knows he has met before? Filling in the gaps left by Forester, in the well known Hornblower series, Nonsuch Word dives back into a world of war, rivalry and hardship, also known as the 19th century Royal Navy.