![]() ![]() ![]() Hornblower's ability to understand new techniques, such as the nuances of canal boat handling, is evident throughout the series. ![]() Even before he reaches the ship, events on the canal boat demonstrate his adaptability and decisiveness, as well as his managing his marriage - somewhat unhappy from his side, but that he would never let his wife Maria know. The journey features high technology for the day: the new Thames and Severn Canal between Gloucester and London. The book opens as he journeys to take on his new ship, HMS Atropos (22), a sloop of war just large enough to justify a captain sloops, such as the HMS Hotspur, were usually given to commanders. At the end of the previous book, Hornblower and the Hotspur, special circumstances allowed him to be promoted, purely for the benefit of the Navy, from commander to the most junior form of captain (naval), for the man "who a month ago was the six hundred and first captain of the six hundred ad two on the list". Hornblower is a young but talented officer, without the family and friends in high places that, at the time, were often required for advancement. Forester, about a fictitious Royal Navy around the turn of the 19th century, Horatio Hornblower. Hornblower and the Atropos is a novel in the series, by C.S. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |