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    <body><![CDATA[I read these books over 30 years ago, long before the Hornblower series on TV captured the story and made the series more famous.<br/><br/>This was the first book Forester wrote in the series, but later books actually are prequels...I've read the reviews of other people and there are a lot of pro'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46095252">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first written of the Hornblower books, and the best by a mile. The most gripping of the naval adventures -- the battle between the Lydia and the Natividad is one for the ages. The most psychologically insightful, with Hornblower reacting against the best developed supporting characters in the wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65870296">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Another exciting addition to our growing collection of sea stories, BEAT TO QUARTERS is a favorite among devotees of Horatio Hornblower, England's most durable sailor.  <p>The creation of C.S. Forester (AFRICAN QUEEN, THE GOOD SHEPHERD), Hornblower is known and admired throughout the Western world. Winston Churchill was a notable enthusiast; he mentioned Hornblower in his WW II memoirs.  <p>In BEAT TO QUARTERS, a still young Hornblower is captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia. He sets his course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I will always remember this book as &quot;the book where Lady Barbara Wellesley showed up and kicked everyone's asses with her awesomeness.&quot; Despite the various racist attitudes that everyone in the book displays - attitudes which are completely consonant with the time it's set in, although not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44331974">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Another exciting addition to our growing collection of sea stories, BEAT TO QUARTERS is a favorite among devotees of Horatio Hornblower, England's most durable sailor.  <p>The creation of C.S. Forester (AFRICAN QUEEN, THE GOOD SHEPHERD), Hornblower is known and admired throughout the Western world. Winston Churchill was a notable enthusiast; he mentioned Hornblower in his WW II memoirs.  <p>In BEAT TO QUARTERS, a still young Hornblower is captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia. He sets his course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is where it all began.  It will remain an all-time favorite for me.  If you came to this book on account of the TV movies, great.  Me, I came to it because I was a horrible great Trekkie once upon a time, and Star Trek was supposed to be 'Hornblower In Space'.  But I loved it and it all built f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41930965">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Another exciting addition to our growing collection of sea stories, BEAT TO QUARTERS is a favorite among devotees of Horatio Hornblower, England's most durable sailor.  <p>The creation of C.S. Forester (AFRICAN QUEEN, THE GOOD SHEPHERD), Hornblower is known and admired throughout the Western world. Winston Churchill was a notable enthusiast; he mentioned Hornblower in his WW II memoirs.  <p>In BEAT TO QUARTERS, a still young Hornblower is captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia. He sets his course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read about half of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels a few years ago, and was completely addicted to his tales of adventure on the high seas. The novels are amazing in their detailed description of life on a King's ship at the turn of the 19th century. They follow the two main characters thr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28167721">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Another exciting addition to our growing collection of sea stories, BEAT TO QUARTERS is a favorite among devotees of Horatio Hornblower, England's most durable sailor.  <p>The creation of C.S. Forester (AFRICAN QUEEN, THE GOOD SHEPHERD), Hornblower is known and admired throughout the Western world. Winston Churchill was a notable enthusiast; he mentioned Hornblower in his WW II memoirs.  <p>In BEAT TO QUARTERS, a still young Hornblower is captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia. He sets his course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[CARP SUMMARY: (THIS IS NOT A REVIEW)<br/>Number 6 (of 11) in the Horatio Hornblower series. The Admiralty has commanded Captain Hornblower and his 36-gun HMS Lydia to form an alliance with an insane Spanish landowner against the Spanish colonial government of Nicaragua. He also has to find a water ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22296065">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have never thought  about the total allegiance a crew would need to have towards their captain and how the captain would go about establishing such respect. <br/><br/>This book was a little heavy on the 'ship' side for me (descriptions of ship life - running a ship, steering a ship, etc) so I sk...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36812453">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/18323429">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Another exciting addition to our growing collection of sea stories, BEAT TO QUARTERS is a favorite among devotees of Horatio Hornblower, England's most durable sailor.  <p>The creation of C.S. Forester (AFRICAN QUEEN, THE GOOD SHEPHERD), Hornblower is known and admired throughout the Western world. Winston Churchill was a notable enthusiast; he mentioned Hornblower in his WW II memoirs.  <p>In BEAT TO QUARTERS, a still young Hornblower is captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia. He sets his course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first Hornblower book written by C.S. Forester although it is the fifth (or sixth) in chronological order.<br/><br/>This is a beautifully written story of a lonely captain of an English warship on duty in South America. Far from his superiors Hornblower bears the responsibility of ever...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30462983">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Another exciting addition to our growing collection of sea stories, BEAT TO QUARTERS is a favorite among devotees of Horatio Hornblower, England's most durable sailor.  <p>The creation of C.S. Forester (AFRICAN QUEEN, THE GOOD SHEPHERD), Hornblower is known and admired throughout the Western world. Winston Churchill was a notable enthusiast; he mentioned Hornblower in his WW II memoirs.  <p>In BEAT TO QUARTERS, a still young Hornblower is captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia. He sets his course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite book in the series so far, because we not only get a great naval adventure story, but we also get a deeper glimpse into Hornblower's psyche -- a better understanding of this seemingly perfect person's professional and romantic struggles.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Another exciting addition to our growing collection of sea stories, BEAT TO QUARTERS is a favorite among devotees of Horatio Hornblower, England's most durable sailor.  <p>The creation of C.S. Forester (AFRICAN QUEEN, THE GOOD SHEPHERD), Hornblower is known and admired throughout the Western world. Winston Churchill was a notable enthusiast; he mentioned Hornblower in his WW II memoirs.  <p>In BEAT TO QUARTERS, a still young Hornblower is captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia. He sets his course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a classic and fun series. This was the first published.  I would start here rather than chronological order.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[First of the Hornblower series, and more fanciful than his later work. Always an enjoyable read, however.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just love this series, what can I say, must have been in the British navy in another life.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The book that launched Star Trek Two, baby!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Maria was never a school teacher, she was an inn keeper's daughter. Arg, where's the continuity, Forester?  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Hornblower series is an amazing work, especially for devotees of that era of history--Forester helps bring many aspects to life.<br/><br/>I just recently re-read this book for a second time and found that I enjoyed it more than the first.  There's a few things about Hornblower that I can ident...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26702774">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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