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This was the first Hornblower novel published. The publication happened in 1937 starting several decades of Hornblower novel prequels and sequels. The final novel was published posthumously in 1967.
In this novel we're introduced to a freakish megalomaniac narcissist named El Supremo. I hope this man will never again be seen in any of the other Hornblower novels. He hailed from Nicaragua.
This is the sixth novel, chronologically. I am reading them in chronological order this year with a small grou ...more
In this novel we're introduced to a freakish megalomaniac narcissist named El Supremo. I hope this man will never again be seen in any of the other Hornblower novels. He hailed from Nicaragua.
This is the sixth novel, chronologically. I am reading them in chronological order this year with a small grou ...more
Nov 16, 2013
Nanosynergy
marked it as to-read
