Lieutenant Hornblower audiobook
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Review #1
Lieutenant Hornblower audiobook free
I bought these for my grandson. I read them at his age and loved them. I would read one then when finished ride my bike to the library and check out the next. I made a deal with him he can read the first two and if he likes them will buy the set a couple books at a time.
I guess I didn’t talk about the books much but you should get the idea. As a kid I was fascinated by tall ships. This was great learning about life aboard to the top spot in the British navy.
To me a 10 yo is close to the right age. There is a little blood when talking about the wounds after the battles. If you have a kid or grandkid that likes the old 3 masted tall ships this will be a great series for them. Imagine these books being around over 50 years from when I read them.
If I had anything negative to say it would be book 1 is this oversized book. Inside the size is right for a regular paperback book. Not sure if this is a workbook for something. That is the only complaint.
Review #2
Lieutenant Hornblower audiobook in series Horatio Hornblower (chronological order)
Can’t stop reading this story. I read the first one in the series (Midshipman Hornblower), (this is the second) – and thought it was excellent, but this one is even better. I totally understand why this series is so famous. It’s just as good fiction in 2017 as it was in 1900 – maybe even better because it takes the reader to a very different time and place but is still easy reading. Some 19th century novels seem stilted to the modern ear but not this one. My only suggestion: if you’re not a sailor (like I’m not), and if you have the option, read it as an e-book so you can easily look up the nautical terms because there’s a lot of them! I’m reading this on a Kindle and find I”m very frequently highlighting terms for definition (and learning a lot too!).
Review #3
Audiobook Lieutenant Hornblower by C. S. Forester
Starting as the junior lieutenant in the HMS Renown, a 74, he deals with an insane captain, a conservative, cautious, and timid first lieutenant, a Spanish privateer base, a prisoner uprising, professional disappointment, losses at whist, and more. He leads his superiors and subordinates to victory and endures the disappointment. The odds shift to his favor and his appointment to Commander is confirmed as England prepares for renewed war with Napoleon. Forester’s telling of the story is masterful, and only marred by poor quality of this Kindle edition. Only the initial letter of the first word of each chapter is present and the first paragraph and others are split into pieces.
Review #4
Audio Lieutenant Hornblower narrated by Christian Rodska
Lieutenant Hornblower is an interesting book for Forester as it is a story of Hornblower but it is told through the person of William Bush. Bush is a lieutenant a little bit senior to Hornblower and therefore looking at him in a different light – that of a senior to a subordinate. They are both in a ship bound for the West Indies and under the command of a Captain with distinctive mood swings. Life under him is certainly interesting. There is an engagement with Spanish forts which gives a foretasted of events later encountered by the Royal Navy at Gallipoli. There are shore and sea operations which are vivid and easy to visualize in one`s mind`s eye. The conclusion of the book offers another insight into both the characters of Bush and Hornblower. I highly recommend this book to any person with an interest in the Royal Navy.
Review #5
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As exciting and with the same ring of truth as when it was written in the middle of the last century. The Hornblower saga sustains the lively pace and excellent writing in the arc pf each book and through the arc of the series.
The change up in this second novel of seeing the action and emotions through the eyes not of Hornblower but instead the eyes of a colleague, opens a deeper understanding of Hornblower.
The first book on the series takes you on an adventure and leaves you ready to follow Hornblower anywhere,face any danger shoulder to shoulder. By the end of this book your heart and energy is all for one with both Hornblower and Bush.
If you like the Patrick O’Brien sea stories, or have followed Richard Sharpe through the Napoleonic wars, but haven’t shipped with Hornblower before. Or if you have ever taken an endless watch or faced danger with someone you know you cam count on, then read Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. And when you have you will be ready got this treat.
Now the negative. Neither O’BRIEN or FORESTER could live and write forever. And the story arch eventual leads their characters to old age and retirement. So as you start the series face the sad fact the series can’t go on forever.
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