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Hornblower : Beat to Quarters C.S. Forester
Publisher: Back Bay Books

A nice day, got caught up on a number of things, took a great ride, and am enjoying re-reading the Hornblower series by C.S.Forrester (I'm on Beat to Quarters, the first written but the fifth in the series). It must be noted that this was not the first book Forester published. Hornblower is constantly tormented by his own expectations of perfection and demands on himself. You can't have a list of sea fiction without including Horatio Hornblower. Clearly influenced and in part inspired by C.S. Book 6 Beat to Quarters June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua-a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. Factual error: When Hornblower orders "Beat to Quarters" before the second engagement with the Natividad, none of the cannons are bowsed up. William Bush describes near the end of the novel Beat to Quarters,. He sees himself As his Executive officer Lt. Casual Danger Dialog: The protracted discussion between Bush and another lieutenant in Beat to Quarters, where they academically debate how the Natividad's officers are laying their guns while they are shooting at the Lydia. This is the first book in chronological order where we meet Hornblower.