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   Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester is an excellent portrayal of a young English boy (Horatio Hornblower) entering service into the Royal Navy during the era of Napoleon. It is the first of eleven books Forester would write about the life and times of Britain’s most famous (fictional) sailor.  Naturally, as he is only 17 and hasn’t any previous maritime experience, he is a ‘wet-behind-the-ears’ Midshipman and is treated as such by his shipmates.

Hornblower quickly ‘learns the ropes’ and distinguishes himself in several daring engagements, including an audacious raid inside of a French harbor and a Royalist invasion of Republican France!  (more…)

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 -Matt