Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga) by C. S. Forester
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Book Reviews of Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga)
Book Review: A naval fiction author's review
Summary: 4 Stars
C.S. Forester was the Father of Naval Fiction. Critics of Hornblower portrayed in Flying Colors, have to realize that a "Kings Man" in the Royal Navy had to be just as well versed in life on the coastal areas and rivers as being in mid Atlantic. It comes with the territory. My first novel True Colors, set during the war of 1812 has five major sea battles; but in my second Shadow on the Water, half the story is set on land in Boston, with only two sea battles. As an author who trys to stay true to their plot, it's all about the story; the story; the story. Forester was a great inspiration to me although I always thought Hornblower was a bit too involved in self analysis. Forgive the pun, but whatever floats your boat.
Valerie Roosa
Author: True Colors
Shadow on the Water
A Cross for this Land
Editor of Day Star Art & Publishing
Book Review: This is the seventh book in the seires...
Summary: 4 Stars
and Captain Horatio Hornblower, with First Lieutenant Bush, are prisoners of war in a French fortess! Within days they will be sent to Paris to be executed after a unfair trial, of course. If they do escape and make it back to England, he will face court-martial for surrendering his ship to the enemy. Will he find help among the French or will he be on his own? Will Bush, who was crippled in the last bloody battle on the Sutherland, live long enough to see England again?Book Review: Shows great character development
Summary: 4 Stars
This book, despite the fact that most of it is not set at sea, provides excellent insight into Forester's great character, Horatio Hornblower. It is a pivotal book, and culminates the three-book series (Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, & Flying Colours) that make up the first introduction of HH by Forester. Time well spent!Book Review: dull episode in series
Summary: 3 Stars
The premise of the book leaves Hornblower without a ship and defeat in the hands of French forces. He is to be sent to French for trial and execution. This book wasn't as entertaining as previous books in the series. The misery is still a recurring theme in Forester's books and the author also toys with Hornblower's torn feelings between two women in England as well as another he runs into in France. Hornblower worries about Bush, his court martial, his wife, Lady Barbara, his unborn child which served as the tension in the story. This really didn't serve the book in making it exciting yet in series like this you'll get a book that serves as a transition from one book to the other. The story felt like this kind of book. This book was trying to get Hornblower from the battle in the previous book back to London for the next book. This book had no plot really of the ongoing battle between France and Britain where one side was trying to outwit the other nor tension between characters the way "Midshipman" or "Lieutenant" did. Considering how Forester wrote the books out of sequence it's probably understandable to have a book like this in order to complete the picture of Hornblower's career. So Forester shouldn't be blamed for the lack of plot. The book on its own isn't that great yet necessary in order to maintain continuity of the series.