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| Original Title: | Mr. Midshipman Hornblower |
| ISBN: | 0316290602 (ISBN13: 9780316290609) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order #1, Hornblower Saga: Publication Order #6 |
| Characters: | Horatio Hornblower |
| Setting: | Atlantic Ocean Spain Spithead(United Kingdom) …more Cadiz(Spain) …less |
C.S. Forester
Hardcover | Pages: 310 pages Rating: 4.14 | 12947 Users | 846 Reviews
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| Title | : | Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order #1) |
| Author | : | C.S. Forester |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 310 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 1998 by Little Brown and Company (first published May 1950) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure. Classics. War |
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Here we meet Horatio Hornblower, a young man of 17, in this Volume #1 of what becomes the 11 volume set about the career of this British Naval officer fighting against Napoleon and his tyranny of Europe as an inexperienced midshipman in January 1794. Bullied and forced into a duel, he takes an even chance. And then he has many more chances to show his skills and ingenuities - from sailing a ship full of wetted and swelling rice to imprisonment and saving the lives of shipwrecked sailors. And along the way, he fights galleys, feeds cattle, stays out of the way of the guillotine, and makes friends with a Duchess. Here Hornblower becomes a man and develops the strength of character which will make him a hero to his men, and to all England.Rating Regarding Books Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order #1)
Ratings: 4.14 From 12947 Users | 846 ReviewsRate Regarding Books Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order #1)
The Hornblower books by C. S. Forester are among the iconic novels of the English language, and with good reason in my opinion. I almost gave this a 4 star rating (because of my "stingy" with the 5 star ratings rule. After all 5 is the best you can give...how many can there be? But...)but decided I really do like these books to a 5 star level and they are very well written.This was not the first Hornblower book...not the first written that is, but it is the first in chronological order inI very much enjoy maritime fiction, when done well. This book was somehow not what I was expecting and I find it difficult to define, but I very much enjoyed it. First of all, it seemed a bit more like a string of incidents rather than one cohesive story. The only thing really tying it together was that it covers the Midshipman years for Hornblower. It would have been fun to see a more substantial, carefully crafted arc for Hornblower or to see the stories tied together into a significant plot,
Having finished the first one, I have no idea why I'd put off reading these books for years. This book was great - historical fiction/Ships of the Line/Age of Sail done right! Mr. Midhsipman Hornblower introduces us to Hornblower. He boards his first ship as a raw, inexperienced and frightened midshipman at seventeen. And the book takes Honrblower and the reader on all sorts of adventures. He engages in a duel to earn his place on the ship. He is given charge (and loses) a prize ship. He visits
This is a series of loosely connected episodes in Hornblower's earlier life. It almost reads like a short story collection and, like such a collection, there are some stories here that are better than others. Luckily, however, there aren't any real duds among the whole bunch. I also liked how Hornblower wasn't a perfect Gary Stu. In fact, most of these stories revolve around Hornblower screwing up and/or winning by sheer luck.
This wasn't the first of the Hornblower novels to be written, but chronologically it comes first in the series of novels covering his life. For someone who is just coming to the series, this mightn't be the best place to start.Although you are introduced to Hornblower as a nervous young seventeen-year-old midshipman, the fact that the book is actually comprised of a dozen or so loosely connected short stories means that the flow is rather choppy. If you are coming to the series after seeing the
I may have liked this more than it deserved because I read it around the birth of our third child (Katya is two days old as I write this), but whatever the reason, I really had a good time with Mr. Midshipman Hornblower.Better than Cornwell's Richard Sharpe books, but not as good as Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin books, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower is really a novel of short stories. "Hornblower and the Examination for Lieutenant" and "Hornblower the Duchess, and the Devil" were my two favourite
When I was growing up, my Mom, who doubled as the village librarian, URGED me to read this book. Im sure she saw in me a little Midshipman Hornblower.Shy, standoffish, and predisposed to dumb clumsiness, I obviously needed the role model of a misfit like I was who would bloom under the rigours of his first command.But I was averse to authoritarian posturing.Later, though, I would be plunged into the thick of it as Head Boy of our new high school. Popularity? Not a chance. Looks? A blank on that
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