Hornblower And The Crisis
by:
C.S. Forester (author)
ISBN:
9780722105061 (0722105061)
Publish date: May 22nd 1980
Publisher: Sphere
Pages no: 158
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Military,
Maritime,
Fiction,
Historical
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 (or O'Brien's Aubrey), more educated and refined than Sharpe. In his own right, Hornblower is certainly an engaging and complex character and th...