Hornblower : Beat to Quarters by C. S. Forester
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Book Reviews of Hornblower : Beat to Quarters
Book Review: Clear for action to prepare for this incredible naval battle!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book definitely ranks among my favorite books ever, which puts it up with scifi pageturners like Ender's Game and classics such as LOTR and Dune. For the warfare, military history, or historical fiction enthusiast, this is a must read...the ship to ship duel between the Lydia and the Natividad is honestly one of the best military engagements I have read, it spares no reader the intensity and gore inherent in naval battles of the period, and is all told from the unique pespective of Hornblower, our intellectual, talented, yet insecure protagonist.Book Review: A Wonderful Friendship
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the next Hornblower chronologically, it was not the next one written. Now that the series is completed it makes sense to read it as Hornblower's career progresses in the Royal Navy.
The whole series is a pleasure to read full of action and adventure; with enough time for a little romance.
Get acquainted with one of the most popular characters in modern literature.
After reading this you will be back for more. And that is a wonderful thing.
Book Review: Best o' the Lot
Summary: 5 Stars
This is unquestionably the best of the Hornblower books, and also the first written. The only problem is that you can't stop at one because the story doesn't end at the end of the book so naturally you have to get the next one to find out whether he ever gets to make love to Lady Barbara and marry her. So you read the next two books but they are all good. It's hard to stop reading any of these books.Book Review: This is clearly the best of the Hornblower series.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am an avid reader of sea novels, and I truly believe this is the best I've ever read. It manages to keep a good deal of action going throughout, but the presence of the character of Lady Barbara allows the human side of Hornblower's character to develop as well. I normally consider Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series to be superior, but this one novel rivals any of O'Brian's.Book Review: Alternate Title
Summary: 5 Stars
"Beat to Quarters" -- also sold under the title "The Happy Return" -- is unquestionably one of the best in the series. For the first time, we see a natural, feeling Hornblower, rather than the cardboard hero of the earlier books