Commodore Hornblower
by:
C.S. Forester (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781417647736 (1417647736)
Publish date: April 1st 1989
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 343
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Military,
Action,
Maritime
Series: Horatio Hornblower (#9)
Hornblower was the inspiration for Star Trek's Captain James Kirk, as well as Cornwell's Sharpe. Hornblower is more cerebral and socially awkward than Kirk, more educated and refined than Sharpe. In his own right, Hornblower is certainly an engaging and complex character and the series is an interes...
[These notes made in 1984:]. Horatio Hornblower, captain, knight, and married to his second wife Barbara, is given command of a fleet in the Baltic at the same time as Napoleon is invading Russia. Lots of action in various military engagements, plus Horatio's usual soul-searching, combine for the ex...