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Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga) Taschenbuch – 30. September 1985
June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua -- a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. The Admiralty has ordered Captain Horatio Hornblower, now in command of the thirty-six-gun HMS Lydia, to form an alliance against the Spanish colonial government with an insane Spanish landowner; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and "to take, sink, burn or destroy" the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad or face court-martial. A daunting enough set of orders -- even if the happily married captain were not woefully distracted by the passenger he is obliged to take on in Panama: Lady Barbara Wellesley.
- Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe288 Seiten
- SpracheEnglisch
- HerausgeberBack Bay Books
- Erscheinungstermin30. September 1985
- Lesealter14–18 Jahre
- Abmessungen13.97 x 1.91 x 19.69 cm
- ISBN-100316289329
- ISBN-13978-0316289320
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- Herausgeber : Back Bay Books; Reprint Edition (30. September 1985)
- Sprache : Englisch
- Taschenbuch : 288 Seiten
- ISBN-10 : 0316289329
- ISBN-13 : 978-0316289320
- Lesealter : 14–18 Jahre
- Abmessungen : 13.97 x 1.91 x 19.69 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 382,651 in Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Bücher)
- Nr. 286 in Belletristik -Seeabenteuer
- Nr. 357 in Englische & Irische Literatur
- Nr. 916 in Belletristik - Seefahrt
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Hornblower's inspired leadership has spurred countless stories of courage under fire... everything from O'Bryan to Roddenberry's depiction of Kirk in _Star Trek_ and a host of other action/adventure stories.
My real recommendation is to order all eleven books and to start with "Mr. Midshipman Hornblower". If you have any - even the slightest - proclivity for action/adventure, you will not stop until Hornblower does.
I might add that, in my opinion, any aspiring writer would do well to read Forester, not to copy his style, but to realise that any good author can entertain, but only the great can enthrall; and only the greatest can make you "see" a character (even a minor one) in only two short lines of print.
His death robbed the reading world of one of its most readable authors.
I found Hornblower to be a character of great depth. While I pity his self-deprication, I admire him for it. I see the contradiction, the struggle in him, and I sympathize. I admire his sense of duty and his willingness to carry it out. I admire his compassion in a compassionless business, but his duty takes prescedence. While I don't always agree with him, he is a believable and likable character.
I don't know if Forester assumed that everyone who would read his novels was a seaman or if everyone in Britain in the 1940's WAS a seaman, but there is a great deal of jargon in the novel. I'm afraid that, having grown up in suburban America, I have no idea what the difference between a mizzenmast and a mainmast, what a forecastle is, which one is the quarterdeck, or (I looked up the others but still can't figure this one out) why they would SAND the decks for Hornblower's morning walks. I'd rather NOT have to look these things up in order to enjoy the book.
Forester has no gift for dialogue; there is not much speaking in the books, but for some reason, though I love dialogue, I don't mind it that much. I wish he would have dwelt more on some of the conversations between Hornblower and Lady Barbara, but I can live without them. Their relationship grows in a believable way nevertheless.
I am told this is the best book to start the Hornblower series with, and I believe it. It explains some of the relevant nuances the of Post-Napoleonic British Navy to the reader and gives a true feel for what it MIGHT be like to be a Captain in His Majesty's Navy. Despite the jargon, I did not feel like I was missing anything.
A good book overall. I will read the rest.
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THIS BOOK CALLED THE HAPPY RETURN & CAN BE BOUGHT IN THE ABOVE TRILOGY

If you are new to Captain Hornblower then start here. It is not the first in the series but one of the best and includes an account of a sea battle the like of which I have never seen matched.
If you want to avoid a flogging or a less than appealing 'keel-haul' I suggest you go out now and buy this thrilling yarn. You are sure to be hooked once you have read it and avid for the rest in the series. The series traces Hornblower's fictional career from Midshipman to Admiral with many thrills and spills en route.


