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Bezig met laden... Hornblower and the "Hotspur" (Hornblower Series) (origineel 1962; editie 1998)door C.S. Forester
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. What I liked about the book: The character of hornblower: is quite interesting as adventure heroes go. I found myself reflecting from time to time on his extreme and sometimes bipolar characteristics. Naval manuevers: to the extent a land lubber like me could appreciate this sort of thing I found his descriptions of naval manuevers and Hornblowers ingenuity to be very engaging, page-turny sort of stuff. I recently read "The Perfect Storm" and some of the maritime concepts seemed to carry over (which I guess is a good thing given that previous book is roughly nonfiction). What I thought could have been improved: I would have appreciated a glossary of naval terms and explanations of certain maritime assumptions, as a lot of stuff is taken for granted. I tended to dip into wikipedia a bit as I read which certainly enhanced my enjoyment of the material. Overall: Slow sea battles are made gripping by the well executed writing. Justo después de casarse, Hornblower se hace de nuevo a la mar para intervenir en el bloqueo de la costa francesa y recabar información de los movimientos de la flota napoleónica. Además, tiene la orden no escrita de no hacer nada para evitar un conflicto con Francia que desemboque en una guerra declarada. El Canal de la Mancha es un escenario de lo más apropiado para que Hornblower muestre su pericia como marino, sobre todo en las maniobras nocturnas, pero además tiene ocasión de hacer gala de su talento militar y de sus innatas dotes para intervenir en misiones secretas. Una novela que combina a la perfección las escenas bélicas con una apasionante trama de espionaje militar. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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April 1803, and the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a three-master on a vital reconnaissance mission . . . On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take the Hotspur and head for Brest - war is coming and Napoleon will not catch His Majesty's navy with its britches round its ankles. With thoughts of his new life as a husband intruding on his duties, Hornblower must prove himself to be not only the most capable commander in the fleet, but also its most daring if he is to stop the French gaining the upper hand. This is the third of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Hotspur was the last Hornblower book that Forester wrote, it was published in 1962, and I probably read one of the first paperback editions. I think it was the second book I read about Hornblower, and remains a favorite ( )