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Captain Horatio Hornblower: Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line & Flying Colours. (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order #6-8 omnibus)
Combines the first three books in the series: Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, and Flying Colours.
Hardcover, 0 pages
Published
December 1st 1939
by Little Brown and Company
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Five Stars.
Captain Horatio Hornblower is a great book, and for some readers it is a book that both resonates with them and strikes a deep chord within them. I am one of those readers and here is how it affected me so personally:
I can relate myself to Hornblower and I can relate other people in my life to those in Hornblower's. Hornblower is just like me, or at least how I think of myself, or at the very least how I would like to be. He is decisive in the moment but only because he has deliberate...more
Captain Horatio Hornblower is a great book, and for some readers it is a book that both resonates with them and strikes a deep chord within them. I am one of those readers and here is how it affected me so personally:
I can relate myself to Hornblower and I can relate other people in my life to those in Hornblower's. Hornblower is just like me, or at least how I think of myself, or at the very least how I would like to be. He is decisive in the moment but only because he has deliberate...more
Komentajakapteeni Hornblower : meriromaani Napoleonin ajoilta" (Otava, 1942) kokoaa yhteen kolme Hornblower-tarinaa, jotka vievät lukijansa englantilaisen meriupseerin mukaan maailman merille taistelemaan niin Ranskan laivastoa kuin sisäistä kunnian- ja velvollisuudentuntoakin vastaan. Seikkailua ryydittää myös ripaus romantiikkaa. Kerta kaikkiaan nautittava vanhanajan meriromaani!
Suomenkielinen nide on jaettu kahteen kirjaan, joka sisältää tarinat The Happy Return, A Ship of the Line ja Flying...more
Suomenkielinen nide on jaettu kahteen kirjaan, joka sisältää tarinat The Happy Return, A Ship of the Line ja Flying...more
I've probably read all of the Hornblower books at least three times over four decades. I'm only reviewing 'Captain Hornblower' volume because it contains three stories and is probably the collection that develops the character the best. Also a movie with Gregory Peck.
C.S. Forester wrote several books about the sea and sailors and these are worthwhile reads, too. Just a great series no matter what age. Also the inspiration for my main character in my books. Hornblower has spawned many imitators...more
C.S. Forester wrote several books about the sea and sailors and these are worthwhile reads, too. Just a great series no matter what age. Also the inspiration for my main character in my books. Hornblower has spawned many imitators...more
One of my favorite novels of all time. If you read this particular volume straight through -- it was originally three separate books -- it's perfect. A swooping plot arc that runs from Nicaragua to England to Spain and France, studded with superb action and packed with some of the best characters ever.
This book contain's 3 novels Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, and Flying Colours.
The story picks up speed and staem...war, personal loss, personal gain, prisoner of war, escape, court martial, knighthood. Don't miss any of it.
The story picks up speed and staem...war, personal loss, personal gain, prisoner of war, escape, court martial, knighthood. Don't miss any of it.
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Probably the three most enjoyable and engrossing Hornblower books - if you can find all three as a set or compliation, get them. This set also makes a great gift to a reader to introduce them to Hornblower.
Awesome. Hornblower is so self critical and doubtful of his abilities... And then he blows some French shit up!
It's just amazing to me that people set off across the ocean all the time with nothing but the stars to guide them.
A great book. A seminal book for me. Hornblower came at a time I needed a role model.
Great story and interesting to read about Napoleon from a British perspective.
A nautical epic in the time of the Napoleon conquests, first person perspective, very interesting pyschological and historical detail. It reads like good action, a surprising page turner.
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Very good, but I prefer Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series. Still, well worth the read for anyone that enjoys historical fiction.
I have been feeling sick over the last few days and am rereading the Hornblower series as a comfort. I first read these books as a young adult and was captivated. The stories are compelling and the character of Hornblower with his courage and self-doubt resonated deeply with me and continues to do so. the Master and Commander books do not live up to Forester's standard.
Having watched the movie for the first time this year, I decided to check out the book, and am glad I did. The internal struggles of Hornblower are both thought-provoking and hysterically funny. Once I got past the point of caring what many of the nautical terms were, it became more enjoyable. (Seriously, there needs to be a glossary and a map and charts and things.)
I have my dad's copy of this book that he took with him into the Pacific during the Second World War. He was a Marine artillery officer and an intrepid man, who I think modeled himself on Hornblower, among others. I've have always loved these three books. It is good to have heroes. Success to the Marines and Captain Hornblower!
I thought it was okay. But I love the A&E movies. I actually like the character of Horatio so much beter in the movies.
The first book in this is very boring, but that's the only "four star" part about it. The last two are AMAZING! I could not put it down, everything was so cleverly planned and OH!
"Ha-hm," said Hornblower...
"Ha-hm," said Hornblower...
I first read this book when I was 17. It took another reading later to appreciate the realism of the nautical descriptions, and my connection to the character of Hornblower.
A good adventure and characterization, but I'm afraid I liked Gregory Peck's interpretation better than the original in the book.
Wow, great book! I am a big fan of the Aubrey/Maturin series and this was a fantastic book of that genre!
Start with the first in the series before reading this one.
Loved these when i was young.
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Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure and military crusades. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, about naval warfare during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded t...more
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