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    <body><![CDATA[<p>I needed a good read over the weekend and chose this one. It appears I read it earlier this year and enjoyed it then, too.</p><p>About the only thing that really sticks out to me from this book is his complete hypocracy surrounding his marriage and his fatherhood. Sure, he spends some time with his toddler...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37927664">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This caught my eye: it was towards the end of the book...<br/>For the fans of the Harry Potter series, you might recognize a few names.<br/><br/><br/><em>A ship standing towards Castilla could only be a ship of war, the escorting vessel. Hornblower could only hope she would be one of the larger frig...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49378628">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the eighth complete book of the Hornblower series written by C.S. Forester although the fourth, or fifth if counting the uncompleted <em>Hornblower and the Crisis</em>, in chronological order.<br/><br/>Hornblower takes command of the <em>Atropos</em> which is aptly named for the fates seem aligned against h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30462208">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I recorded all of C.S. Forester's Hornblower books in 50-55 minute episodes for Golden Hours, my local radio service for blind and reading-impaired listeners. Too bad I didn't make CD copies for myself, since the radio station broadcast the tape versions and then erased them too reuse.<br/><br/>I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18323437">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Best Hornblower book I've read so far. One of the plotlines involved underwater salvage in the Napoleonic era ... which ain't for those of us who get dizzy holding our breath!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My question after reading this book was &quot;Why wasn't prozac invented early in the 19th century?&quot; Hornblower &quot;had only to let go his hold, ..to a final crash upon the deck and the end of all this, ..no need for further effort, ..oblivion; that would be far easier than to face, trying to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25232091">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read all the Patrick O'Brien books, so it's about time I went and checked out the original Napoleonic era &quot;Master &amp; Commander&quot; novels, C.S. Forester's saga of Horatio Hornblower. Sorta started in the middle with this one, and I did like it. Pretty exciting, interesting situations (politi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12578608">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A fun, light adventure story. I have enjoyed the series immensely.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh Hornblower, why can't you ever enjoy yourself?  Such awesome actions, especially the two with the Natividad, but so much tight lipped barking of orders in between.<br/><br/>I am annoyed that Forester wrote these books out of order.  Hornblower and Bush have a very cold relationship for two offi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48620556">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a good Hornblower.  Not the best of the series but still enjoyable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The best Hornblower so far.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was very fast paced, very interesting and very technical.  But I don't mind at all the naval and sailing jargon.  It is a bit harsh and treats topics very realistically (like death and whippings and such).  Very accurate and very well-written.<br/><br/>Our boys may read these when they g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27019540">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hornblower keeps things from sinking.  From Admiral Nelson's coffin to a ship full of salvaged gold, that's what Hornblower is up to in this novel.  Not the best, but certainly plenty of fun.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my least favorite Hornblower book thus far.]]></body>
    
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