Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
by C. S. Forester
Taste attributes: adventurewarhistoricalfastrealisticlinearbig & variedcoming of ageunderdog triumphsall consuming quest
Boxlist takeA grounded, sweeping adventure novel, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command... As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of seasickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's Navy, Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves.
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- Author
- C. S. Forester
- Published
- 1920
- Pages
- 258
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- Open Library
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