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Nancy
Not a lot of depth, but enormous fun.
Linda Martin
I love the series, and the characters, and the developing friendship between lieutenants. But I'm not the intended audience! I had to take a star away because of the ongoing violence of war, and that's hardly fair as the book was well-written and perfect for certain types of people to read.

This is the second book in the series and I'm reading them in order this year with a group of other Hornblower readers and fans. I'm reading the books out of curiosity, mainly, and because maybe, just maybe,
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