c s forester

An excellent book and my first five star read since the early summer. Probably my favourite of the series so far. Promoted to Commodore and given his first flag mission (in command of other captains) Hornblower travels to the Baltic just before and during Napoleon’s disastrous Russian campaign...

This instalment of Horatio Hornblowers adventures is yet another great read despite it having very little action at sea. It is the story of Hornblower’s escape from French captivity and almost all the action is concerned with his travels across France. I found Hornblower’s manic depression to...

Forester again gives us another excellent story from the age of sail. As always he captures the spirit of life aboard an English warship during the Napoleonic wars, though this book is a little unusual in having, for the most part, very little battle action and instead it explores some of the...

Another excellent Napoleonic ‘age of sail’ story from Forester; the reader can’t help but feel the sway of the deck and the creak of the rigging whilst enjoying these books, though I confess I do need the frequent assistance of Google, both for the maps and searching nautical terminology, even...