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- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.7 x 2.3 cm
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A JANUARY GALE was roaring up the Channel, blustering loudly, and bearing on its bosom rain squalls whose big drops rattled loudly on the tarpaulin clothing of those among the officers and men whose duties kept them on deck. Read the first page
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Imagine being sent away from your family and the way of life you have known, to be put in charge of men twice your age. This is what happens to young Horatio Hornblower. For his own good and the good of England he is sent to serve on a frigate fighting France. Throughout the book, Hornblower has to achieve feats of skill such as sailing his own ship, leading cutting out expeditions on enemy fortresses, following strict Naval discipline and all the while trying to gain the respect of men twice his experience and experience. When reading Mr. Midshipman Hornblower you learn to feel for young Horatio. He is like a graceful and intelligent swan that has to glide across a rocky and uncertain lake. Through his successes you feel success, through his defeats you feel defeated. Teenagers learn how lucky they are that they did not live at the turn of the eighteenth century in England. C. S. Forester weaves a tale of daring, suspense, adventure and loyalty all through the eyes of a young man trying to work his way through the discipline of the Navy. Every success, victory or accomplishment Hornblower achieves make you feel like you have achieved something as well! This is a truly suspenseful piece of literature.
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If you enjoy military nautical themes, then I recommend this historical fiction page turning book. CS Forester's fluid and smooth writing style was a refreshing treat after stressful mind intensive days from work.
I cannot wait to start the second of the series.
By Sonterro
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...When I was younger, I read a few of the Hornblower books and decided to shelve the series until I had them all.
As other readers have indicated, this book is not the first written. However it is the first in chronological order of Hornblower himself.
All that said, this was a really good book. The first night, I read over 100 pages without stopping. It's really not a flowing story as much as a collection of short stories about the life of a particular midshipman in 1794.
He is first stationed on a Line of Battle ship. CS doesn't really describe the ship much, but by what the surroundings seem to be like and the number of officers, I'd say she is a two decker of 74 guns or so. On this ship his life is one of misery until he gets a fair shake from the captain.
On he goes to a frigate and the real adventures begin. Enough said, I don't like to tell the story. You can read it.
This is a good book. Easy to read. Each chapter is 20 - 30 pages and tells an entire short story. They are unconnected stories(other than the characters and the ship).... They can be read individally.
I look forward to finishing the entire series. I too have the companion book. This is a good tool to help the reader keep up with the actual locations of the stories and some of the history surrounding this period in time.
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I don't usually read fiction, but I liked this book
I probably haven't read a work of fiction since being required to do so back in college (or possibly high school) over ten years ago. Read more
Published on Nov 21 2001 by Neal Stublen
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Exciting Short Stories about Hornblower's First Voyages
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower is the prequel to the Horatio Hornblower series. Written as the sixth book chronologically, it covers the very first times when Hornblower served in His... Read more
Published on Oct 22 2001 by Donald Mitchell
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A ripping boy's own adventure
Forester's entire Hornblower series are first rate nautical adventure's that carry the reader along with well written prose and cracking plots. Read more
Published on Oct 5 2001 by A Williams
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Fun, Quick-Paced, Full of Action
This is a fun book to read. I had never heard of Mr. Forester or these novels, and when they came recommended to me over a short period of time from several different sources, I... Read more
Published on Aug 18 2001 by Fred
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The Best of the Series
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower is by far my favorite of the Hornblower series. Forester's characters aboard His Majesty's Frigate the Indefatigable are unforgettable. Read more
Published on July 31 2001 by Heather Burwell
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Stands the Test of Time
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower is without a doubt one of the best novels I have ever read regardless of genre. My exposure to C.S. Forester's classic works was a little unorthodox. Read more
Published on July 23 2001 by Peter Dykhuis
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Hornblower is Not Captain Ahab!
Do not seek the living horror of an historical shipwreck such as one finds in Philbrick's "In the Heart of the Sea" in any of Forester's novels. Read more
Published on July 13 2001 by WILLIAM H FULLER
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Headstrong Bravado in the Royal Navy
In CS Forester's first book of the now famous HORATIO HORNBLOWER series, the resourceful hero acquires his sea legs--plus the respect of some of his superiors and peers. Read more
Published on July 9 2001 by Plume45
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Better than the movies
There are few books I enjoy reading more than the Hornblower book (OK NO BOOKS.) This one starts you off on the right track. Read more
Published on Jun 3 2001 by Peter Ingemi
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Superb start
This is the start (biographically speaking) to the thrilling Horatio Hornblower series set in the British navy at the culmination of the Age of Fighting Sail two centuries ago. Read more
Published on May 31 2001 by tertius3
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