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Forester</a><hr></h2><div class="authorsandseries"><h3><b>Other authors:</b> See the <a href="#otherauthors">other authors</a> section.</h3><h3><b>Series:</b> <a href="/nseries/1017/Horatio-Hornblower" class="" >Horatio Hornblower</a> (6), <a href="/nseries/1019/Horatio-Hornblower-Chronological-Order" class="" >Horatio Hornblower: Chronological Order</a> (6)</h3></div></div><div class="wslcontainer"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="wsltable"><tr class="wslheader"><td width="18%" class="firstchild">Members</td><td width="18%">Reviews</td><td width="18%">Popularity</td><td width="22%">Average rating</td><td width="25%" class="lastchild">Mentions</td></tr><tr class="wslcontent"><td valign="middle" class="firstchild"><a href="/work/72841/members">2,089</a></td><td valign="middle"><a href="/work/72841/reviews">30</a></td><td valign="middle"><a href="/work/72841/popularity">8,206</a></td><td valign="middle"><nobr><a href="/work/72841/members"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif" style="margin-bottom: -2px;"></a> <span class="dark_hint">(4.09)</span></nobr></td><td valign="middle" class="lastchild"><a href="/work/72841/conversations">40</a></td></tr><tr class="wslcontent wslsummary"><td colspan="7" class="lastchild"><div class="showmore" id="u_260fac18" >June, 1808 and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full. Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; to find a water route <u class="showmore_hide">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. 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Hornblower and a dictator, El Supremo, in Central America.<br>I had read about 4 of these novels in Jr. High and High School, but I never read this one, which is actually the first one that was written but not in chronological order of the stories. Well written. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_230700098" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_230700098"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_230700098" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_230700098" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_230700098"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/kslade" target="_top">kslade</a> | Dec 8, 2022 | <a href="/review/230700098"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_222964710" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/72841" data-workid="72841" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Summary: Classic Hornblower. Taking on the impossible odds and upholding his honour at all costs. <br><br>Things I liked: <br><br>Hornblower: great character, with great flaws and strengths. <br><br>Naval battles: so tense, every moment it could go any which way I also liked that they didn't shirk away from the total destruction that gets handed out to all sides in these sorts of battle. <br><br>Things I thought could be improved: <br><br>It ended kind of abruptly I would have liked more. <br><br>When they won the big prize at the start I knew they wouldn't get to keep it. That shows a kind of cliché in the story that should have been avoided. <br><br>Highlight: <br><br>The final ship battle had me on the edge of my seat. It pulled no punches and after reading so many of these in the previous books it's great to see that he can keep it so fresh and interesting. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_222964710" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_222964710"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_222964710" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_222964710" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_222964710"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/benkaboo" target="_top">benkaboo</a> | Aug 18, 2022 | <a href="/review/222964710"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_208993731" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/72841" data-workid="72841" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>That was surprisingly good and a bit different than i expected. Hornblower is i think 37 in this a little older than i imagined. The story is also more brutal and realistic than i was expecting. Both realistic in its violence and in its politics. <br>There's also a very strong female character which always makes a nice addition to this sort of thing. I was trying to figure out who Hornblower reminds me of and then i realized its Captain Picard from star-trek :) , it really is a very similar character which is a very good thing in my opinion. <br>Overall only nitpicks is its tendency to assume you know all of not the nautical terms (and also how to play whist ;) ).<br>High seas adventure really isn't my favorite genre but this is good, enough said. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_208993731" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_208993731"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_208993731" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_208993731" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_208993731"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/wreade1872" target="_top">wreade1872</a> | Nov 28, 2021 | <a href="/review/208993731"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_208651908" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/72841" data-workid="72841" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>The best in the series so far <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss10.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_208651908" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_208651908"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_208651908" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_208651908" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_208651908"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/jimgosailing" target="_top">jimgosailing</a> | Nov 18, 2021 | <a href="/review/208651908"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_188807207" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/72841" data-workid="72841" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316289329.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. If I didn't know Forester had later been a propaganda writer during WWII, if I hadn't already taken to Patrick O'Brian, and if I knew nothing about Forester's personal history, I would have enjoyed this much more. I do think an author ought to consider more in their audience than a blank slate though. And they should definitely sort out beforehand whether or not they want to a) write their feelings unashamedly on their sleeve and/or b) manipulate political feeling in their audience. This puts a huge drag on the story. Hornblower is as overburdened with authorial baggage as he is with his duty.<br><br>First, the good. The descriptions of sailing, of the details of this wooden world, are excellent. It doesn't reach the point where you think Forester might have actually lived during the Napoleonic Wars, but it is colorful and immersive. The battles, in particular the brutal slog with the <li>Natividad</li>, are thrilling. A bit melodramatic, but that's more Hornblower's gloss on them (we'll get to that). The story is also satisfying despite an abrupt ending. It has enough adventure that it could sit comfortably next to Treasure Island without batting an eye. Lastly, I felt there was a lot of enjoyable and interesting dialogue between genuinely crafted characters (whenever you start talking to them, you know the author has done a good job). <br><br>Now for what I didn't enjoy. <br><br>I'm not sure anyone could honestly be a fan of Hornblower as a person. He's not a pleasant fellow. And not in the gruff-but-actually-a-teddy-bear way. He's just downright repellent as a main antagonist. And I'm fairly certain that was Forester's intention. But the fact that I don't know for sure makes me uneasy about Forester's reasons for writing. There is much of autobiography in the first Hornblower outing. Forester originally wanted to write a fact-based Hollywood screenplay with high-seas adventure. But <li>Captain Blood</li> beat him and Hornblow/Busch & co. to the idea. Meanwhile a fading opera star was threatening a paternity suit, so he fled to Britain, meeting a lovely photographer in the voyage. Clearly Hornblower (at least in this book) is meant to be Forester as Forester wanted to be. <br><br>But is cathartic autobiography all there is to Hornblower's unpleasantness? A subtle thread throughout the story is Forester's proto-propaganda mind at work. The book seems to be saying Hornblower is an unpleasant person, but only because duty drives him there. He's racked with personal detriment, but also very obviously a talented and brave individual. There's a subtext message there about the hard life of a commanding officer, and how underlings should always obey because poor Captain Hornblower just can't feel good about himself or anyone. That message is aimed particularly at male citizens, Barbara's renaissance-lady attitude notwithstanding. She's summarily put in her "proper" place after the bloody fight with the <li>Natividad</li>, and falls for Hornblower (alas, Hornblower is already in an unhappy marriage--woe for duty!). Furthermore, the uneasy allies at the beginning of the story become the enemies by the end, clearly a message that those at war can only rely upon themselves to conquer and win the day. The whole book is riddled with this kind of thought, and I can't chalk it up to historical point of view either. These are very obviously Forester's thoughts, and not his attempt to varnish with historical accuracy.<br><br>I'll keep reading Hornblower, but it's so overburdened by Forester himself that it's not a terribly enjoyable experience. Perhaps as the character grows into their own more, he'll distance from Forester's personal drama. I don't foresee doom-and-gloom Hornblower drying up on the propaganda though. If anything, that will probably increase as the character's (and the author's) experience of war continues. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss6.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_188807207" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_188807207"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_188807207" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_188807207" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_188807207"> </span></span></span> <span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/yorga2020" target="_top">yorga2020</a> | Aug 30, 2020 | <a href="/review/188807207"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> </div></div></div><div class='reviewnav'><div class="right"><strong><a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,3,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','72841','',false, null, 'profile');return false;">date<span class="sortArrow"> ▼</span></a></strong> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,2,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','72841','',false, null, 'profile'); return false;">votes</a></div>Showing 1-5 of 28 (<a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',5,0,3,'wp_reviews',5,'','72841','', false, null, 'profile'); return false;">next</a> | <a href="#" onclick="loadReviewsIntoContainer('',0,0,3,'wp_reviews',10000,'','72841','', false, null, 'profile'); return false;">show all</a>)</div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_53" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer" style="float: right;"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Published_Reviews" class="blacklink" title="Help"><img style="vertical-align:middle;" class="helpIcon" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/helpq.png" alt="?"></a></span></span></div> <a name="publishedreviews"></a><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'mediareviews', 'u_3bb8b002', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Published reviews</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_3bb8b002" style="display:block;"><div id="mediareviews_container"><div id="mediareviews">no reviews | <a href="#" onclick="LibraryThing.mediareviews.edit({'workid':'72841'});return false;">add a review</a></div> </div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_56" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><a name="otherauthors"></a><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'otherauthors', 'u_d6ba0650', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Other authors</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_d6ba0650" style="display:block;"><div id="otherauthors_container"><p style="margin-top: 5px !important;"><a href="javascript:otherauthors_edit(72841)">» Add other authors (3 possible)</a></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="otherauthor"><tr class="head"><td>Author name</td><td>Role</td><td>Type of author</td><td>Work?</td><td>Status</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/forestercs">Forester, C. S.</a></td><td>—</td><td>primary author</td><td>all editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/casedavid-2">Case, David</a></td><td>Narrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/grahamwd">Graham, W.D.</a></td><td>Contributor</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/gruffuddioan">Gruffudd, Ioan</a></td><td>Narrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/herreraana">Herrera, Ana</a></td><td>Translator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/howardgeoffery">Howard, Geoffery</a></td><td>Narrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/mollemajc">Mollema, J.C.</a></td><td>Translator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/rennerlouis">Renner, Louis</a></td><td>Translator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/rodskachristian">Rodska, Christian</a></td><td>Narrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/stepienhenryka">Stępień, Henryka</a></td><td>Translator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/urbanaj">Urban, A. J.</a></td><td>Translator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/vonbothmerfritz">von Bothmer, Fritz</a></td><td>Translator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/wyethnc">Wyeth, N. C.</a></td><td>Illustrator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/author/3246178752">Доброхотов… Екатерина</a></td><td>Translator</td><td>secondary author</td><td>some editions</td><td>confirmed</td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_57" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'relationships', 'u_726a2a0c', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Series and work relationships</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_726a2a0c" style="display:block;"><div id="seriesforwork_container"><h2>Belongs to Series</h2><div><a href="/nseries/1017/Horatio-Hornblower" class="" >Horatio Hornblower</a> (6)</div><div><a href="/nseries/1019/Horatio-Hornblower-Chronological-Order" class="" >Horatio Hornblower: Chronological Order</a> (6)</div><h2>Belongs to Publisher Series</h2><div><a href="/nseries/256099/Delfinserien" class="" >Delfinserien</a> (55)</div><div><a href="/nseries/256648/Gallimard-Folio" class="" >Gallimard, Folio</a> (6935)</div><div><a href="/nseries/256431/Ullstein" class="" >Ullstein</a> (481)</div><div><a href="/nseries/256106/Zephyr-Books" class="" >Zephyr Books</a> (29)</div></div><div id="relationships_container"><h2>Is contained in</h2><div id="u_84289d3b" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="256801" href="/work/256801">Captain Horatio Hornblower: Beat to Quarters / Ship of the Line / Flying Colours</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercs" href="/author/forestercs">C. S. Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="7253167" href="/work/7253167">Captain Hornblower R. N.: Hornblower and the Atropos / The Happy Return / A Ship of the Line</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercs" href="/author/forestercs">C. S. Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="3588062" href="/work/3588062">Horatio Hornblower, Books 1–11</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercs" href="/author/forestercs">C. S. Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="22974536" href="/work/22974536">Captain Horatio Hornblower (Hornblower and the Atropos; The Happy Return; A Ship of the Line; Flying Colors)</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercs" href="/author/forestercs">C. S. Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="11574019" href="/work/11574019">Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Hotspur / Hornblower and the Atropos / Beat to Quarters</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercecilscott" href="/author/forestercecilscott">Cecil Scott Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="21287124" href="/work/21287124">Delphi Collected Works of C.S. Forester</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercs" href="/author/forestercs">C. S. Forester</a></span></div><div class="showmore_showlink">(<a href="javascript:showMore('u_84289d3b')">show 6 more</a>)</div><div class="showmore_hide"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="10270699" href="/work/10270699">Lieutenant Hornblower / Beat to Quarters / Flying Colours / The Commodore</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercecils" href="/author/forestercecils">Cecil S. Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="22892354" href="/work/22892354">Hornblower and the Hotspur / The Happy Return / A Ship of the Line</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercs" href="/author/forestercs">C. S. Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="27317146" href="/work/27317146">Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Atropos / The Happy Return</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercecilscott" href="/author/forestercecilscott">Cecil Scott Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="21030607" href="/work/21030607">Captain Horatio Hornblower, Part I</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercs" href="/author/forestercs">C. S. Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="3949723" href="/work/3949723">Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Hotspur / Hornblower During the Crisis / Hornblower and the Atropos / Beat to Quarters / A Ship of the Line</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercs" href="/author/forestercs">C. S. Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="6213016" href="/work/6213016">Hornblower Saga (Volume 1-5) Box Set (Vol-1 Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Vol-2 Lieutenant Hornblower, Vol-3 Hornblower and the Hotspur, Vol-4 Hornblower and the Atropos, Vol-5 Beat to Quarters)</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercs" href="/author/forestercs">C. S. Forester</a></span></div></div></div><h2>Is abridged in</h2><div id="u_ce881786" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="4874336" href="/work/4874336">A Treasury of Sea Stories</a> by <a data-authorid="aymargordonc" href="/author/aymargordonc">Gordon C. Aymar</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="1488427" href="/work/1488427">Hornblower Takes Command</a> by <a data-authorid="forestercs" href="/author/forestercs">C. S. Forester</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="17446665" href="/work/17446665">Argosy, October 22, 1938</a> by <a data-authorid="whipplechandlerh" href="/author/whipplechandlerh">Chandler H. Whipple</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="17446661" href="/work/17446661">Argosy, Volume 285 Number 1, October 1, 1938</a> by <a data-authorid="argosy" href="/author/argosy">Argosy</a></span></div><div class="showmore_showlink">(<a href="javascript:showMore('u_ce881786')">show 5 more</a>)</div><div class="showmore_hide"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="17446663" href="/work/17446663">Argosy, September 24, 1938</a> by <a data-authorid="argosy" href="/author/argosy">Argosy</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="17446666" href="/work/17446666">Argosy, October 8, 1938</a> by <a data-authorid="argosy" href="/author/argosy">Argosy</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="17446664" href="/work/17446664">Argosy, October 15, 1938</a> by <a data-authorid="argosy" href="/author/argosy">Argosy</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="3671429" href="/work/3671429">The Yearling / Kabluna / Zwei zarte Lämmchen weiß wie Schnee / Beat to Quarters</a> by <a data-authorid="readersdigest" href="/author/readersdigest">Reader's Digest</a></span></div><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="22413776" href="/work/22413776">Argosy, September 17, 1938</a> by <a data-authorid="argosy" href="/author/argosy">Argosy</a></span></div></div></div><h2>Has as a student's study guide</h2><div id="u_81cc7d80" class="showmore"><div class="actionWorklistAItem"><span class="worklistAwork"><a data-workid="16295114" href="/work/16295114">Beat to Quarters by C. S. Forester l Summary & Study Guide (Hornblower Saga Book 6)</a> by <a data-authorid="bookrags" href="/author/bookrags">BookRags</a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_59" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'newaward', 'u_bd87f93f', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Awards and Honors</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_bd87f93f" style="display:block;"><div id="newawardforwork_container"><h2>Notable Lists</h2><div id="u_53cd52a4" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/7/1001-b%C3%B6cker-du-m%C3%A5ste-l%C3%A4sa-innan-du-d%C3%B6r" class="" >1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Swedish)</a></div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/9/1001-Childrens-Books-You-Must-Read-Before-You-Grow-Up" class="" >1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up</a> (<a href="/award/9.0.369/1001-Childrens-Books-You-Must-Read-Before-You-Grow-Up-2009-0780-2009-Ages-12%E2%86%91">2009.0780, 2009, Ages 12↑</a>)</div></div><div class="ltil_item " ><div><a href="/award/619/Daniel-S-Burts-recommended-historical-novels" class="" >Daniel S. 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class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_originaltitle"></a>Original title</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_957f8ba8' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='41' name='u_957f8ba8' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'originaltitle' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The original title in the original language' ><div class='fwikiItem divoriginaltitle'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=The+Happy+Return&f=41&exact=1&type=1">The Happy Return</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_alternativetitles"></a>Alternative titles</td> <td><table 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Examples: Hermione Granger, Andrew Jackson, Oberon, St. Paul of Tarsus, or Zeus (Deity)' ><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Horatio+Hornblower">Horatio Hornblower</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Captain">Captain</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/William+Bush">William Bush</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Lieutenant">Lieutenant</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Barbara+Wellesley">Barbara Wellesley</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Polwheal">Polwheal</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Julian+Mar%C3%ADa+de+Jes%C3%BAs+de+Alvarado+y+Moctezuma">Julian María de Jesús de Alvarado y Moctezuma</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_15407b69">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_15407b69')">show all 8 items</a>)</div><div id="u_15407b69" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Manuel+Hernandez">Manuel Hernandez</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/El+Supremo">El Supremo</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divcharacternames'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/character/Cristobol+de+Crespo">Cristobol de Crespo</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_placesmentioned"></a>Important places</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField fwikiGroup' id='u_0d538260' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='2' name='u_0d538260' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'placesmentioned' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "London, England", "The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, USA", "Hogwarts", "Alpha Centauri", "Hell"' ><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Central+America">Central America</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Guatemala">Guatemala</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Honduras">Honduras</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Pacific+Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class="itemnumberoverflow" id="link_u_1808f0a8">(<a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_1808f0a8')">show all 9 items</a>)</div><div id="u_1808f0a8" style="display: none;"><div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Panama">Panama</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/El+Salvador">El Salvador</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/St+Helena">St Helena</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> <div class='fwikiItem divplacesmentioned'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/place/Gulf+of+Fonesca%2C+Nicaragua">Gulf of Fonesca, Nicaragua</a></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </div></td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_events"></a>Important events</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_bd648b55' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='34' name='u_bd648b55' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'events' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Great Fire of London (1666), Battle of the Bulge (1944|1945), Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963-11-22), Battle of Hoth' ><div class='fwikiItem divevents'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/events/Napoleonic+Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=1803">1803</a> | <a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=1815">1815</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_movies"></a>Related movies</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_fd7b5fc6' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='37' name='u_fd7b5fc6' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'movies' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Blade Runner (1982), The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Three Musketeers (1993)' ><div class='fwikiItem divmovies'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" editVal="Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951 | tt0043379)" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Captain+Horatio+Hornblower+R.N.&f=37&exact=1&type=1">Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.</a> <span class="fwikiAutoLinks">(<a class="fwikiAutoLink" href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=1951">1951</a> | <a class="fwikiAutoLink imdblink" target="_top" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043379/">IMDb</a>)</span></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr>     <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_epigraph"></a>Epigraph</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_bc7e18e4' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='28' name='u_bc7e18e4' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'epigraph' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The work's epigraph, "a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component." ' ><div class='fwikiItem divepigraph'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_dedication"></a>Dedication</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_e5914a76' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='30' name='u_e5914a76' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'dedication' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Author's dedication' ><div class='fwikiItem divdedication'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_firstwords"></a>First words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_2b4aceda' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='25' name='u_2b4aceda' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'firstwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The first sentence of the work.' ><div class='fwikiItem divfirstwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >It was not long after dawn that Captain Hornblower came up on the quarterdeck of the <i>Lydia</i>.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_quotations"></a>Quotations</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_55e30e41' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='27' name='u_55e30e41' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'quotations' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Well-known, relevant or interesting quotations from the work; Quotation marks are unnecessary.' ><div class='fwikiItem divquotations'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_lastwords"></a>Last words</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_d77a3b7e' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='26' name='u_d77a3b7e' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'lastwords' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'The last sentence of the work. Content will be hidden unless clicked.' ><div class='fwikiItem divlastwords'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" id="u_b0dbf62e" style="display: none; min-height:12px;" >Overhead the sun was shining brightly, and before him rose the steep green slopes of St. Helena.</div><a href="javascript:showHiddenfieldcontent('u_b0dbf62e')" id="link_u_b0dbf62e">(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)</a><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_disambiguation"></a>Disambiguation notice</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_4ab43024' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='13' name='u_4ab43024' allowmultiple='0' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'disambiguation' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Clarifications to be used by future combiners and separators, or just as information.' ><div class='fwikiItem divdisambiguation'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >Original (UK) title: The Happy Return.<BR>USA edition title: Beat to Quarters.</div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_series"></a>Publisher's editors</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_f169a9c3' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='1' name='u_f169a9c3' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'literaryeditors' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Publisher's or acquiring editor' ><div class='fwikiItem divliteraryeditors'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_blubers"></a>Blurbers</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_7a7889c1' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='29' name='u_7a7889c1' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'blurbers' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Who blurbed the book? A blurb is defined as a super-short review, done before the book is published or reviewed professionally. As Rachael Donadio wrote, "Book blurbs are a tangled mass of friendships, rivalries, favors traded and debts repaid, not always in good faith." This field aims to capture that tangle! <b>Note:</b> Please enter only the names of people, not publications. Use the form: Lastname, Firstname.' ><div class='fwikiItem divblurbers'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=Hall%2C+James+Norman&f=29&exact=1&type=1">Hall, James Norman</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_originallanguage"></a>Original language</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_375c1c13' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='58' name='u_375c1c13' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'originallanguage' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = '' ><div class='fwikiItem divoriginallanguage'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ><a href="/commonknowledge/search.php?q=English&f=58&exact=1&type=1">English</a> </div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_canonicalddc"></a>Canonical DDC/MDS</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_35b5c486' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='61' name='u_35b5c486' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'canonicalddc' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Best consensus choice within the Melvil Decimal Classification System' ><div class='fwikiItem divcanonicalddc'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel"><a name="ck_canonicallcc"></a>Canonical LCC</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_d5ea1979' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='66' name='u_d5ea1979' allowmultiple='1' hasHistory = '0' fieldName = 'canonicallcc' uitype = '1' ltlang='eng' hint = 'Best consensus choice within the Library of Congress Classification system' ><div class='fwikiItem divcanonicallcc'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" ></div><img style="float:left;" src='https://image.librarything.com/pics/transdot.gif' height='12px' width='1px' alt=''></div></div> </td><td class='fwikiItemControls'></td></td></tr></table></td> </tr> </table></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_65" class="quickedit light flipped"><a class="nooffset" name="references"></a><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'references', 'u_55f0ac72', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>References</span></div><div class="qelcontent references alwaysblue" id="u_55f0ac72" style="display:block;"><p>References to this work on external resources.</p><h2><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/favicon_wikipedia.gif" class="icon">Wikipedia in English</h2><p>None</p></div></div><div id="workpagesort_80" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'desc', 'u_83a741dc', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Book descriptions</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_83a741dc" style="display:block;">June, 1808 and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full. Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; 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. And as if he did not have enough trouble, Hornblower must also contend with the beguiling charms of an unwanted passenger- Lady Barbara Wellesley.</div></div><div id="workpagesort_25" class="quickedit light"><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'libdesc', 'u_35bf47c8', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Library descriptions</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_35bf47c8" style="display:block;"><p>No library descriptions found.</p></div></div><div id="workpagesort_70" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer"><span class="sectionTitleHelp"><a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Common_Knowledge#LibraryThing_members.27_description" class="blacklink" title="Help"><img style="vertical-align:middle;" class="helpIcon" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/helpq.png" alt="?"></a></span></div><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'ckdesc', 'u_5cdb2438', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>LibraryThing members' description</span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_5cdb2438" style="display:block;"> <div class="workSection"> <table class="fwikiContainerTable ch2"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="fwikiLabel">Book description</td> <td><table class="fwikiGroup"><tr><td class='fwikiField' id='u_e229371f' itemType='1' itemNum='72841' fieldType='14' name='u_e229371f' allowmultiple='0' hasHistory = '1' fieldName = 'description' uitype = '3' ltlang='eng' hint = 'This is a general description. It is not a review.' ><div class='fwikiItem divdescription'><div class='fwikiItemText fwikiItemTextLong fwikiItemTextUnknownUser'><div class="fwikiAtomicValue" style="min-height:12px;" >June 1808 finds thirty-seven-year-old Captain Hornblower and his thirty-six-gun HMS Lydia somewhere west of Nicaragua. The Admiralty has commanded him 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. 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