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by C S Forester (Author) "Having climbed up through the locks, the canal boat was now winding over the pleasant Cotswold country ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (28 May 1987)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140081771
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140081770
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,986 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Hornblower and the Atropos" skippering the flagship for Nelson's funeral on the Thames is not Hornblower's idea of thrilling action. But soon his orders come, and he sets sail for the Mediterranean in the Atropos. 'Battle, storm, shipwreck, disease - what were the chances that he would never come back again?' "The happy return" Hornblower sails the South American waters and comes face to face with a mad, messianic revolutionary in a novel that ripples with risk and gripping adventure. "a ship of the line" commando raids, hurricanes at sea, the glowering menace of Napoleon's onshore gun batteries - Hornblower must deal with them all as he sails his ship to the Spanish station. Throughout his escapades Forester remains gallant, resourceful and courageous - the embodiment of all the most vivid in a great naval tradition.

About the Author

C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, where his father was stationed as a government official. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital and, after leaving Guy's without a degree, he turned to writing as a career. His first success was Payment Deferred, a novel written at the age of twenty-four and later dramatized and filmed with Charles Laughton in the leading role. In 1932 Forester was offered a Hollywood contract, and from then until 1939 he spent thirteen weeks of every year in America. On the outbreak of war he entered the Ministry of Information and later he sailed with the Royal Navy to collect the material for The Ship. He made a voyage to the Bering Sea to gather material for a similar book on the United States Navy, and it was during this trip that he was stricken with arteriosclerosis, a disease which left him crippled. However, he continued to write and in the Hornblower novels created the most renowned sailor in contemporary fiction. He died in 1966.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The second of three threes, 22 Dec 1998
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This is the second omnibus of three charting Hornblowers rise through the royal Navy, each book itself comprising of three books. After reading the first Omnibus and enjoying it I continued to follow Hornblowers with the Captain Hornblower RN omnibus. Now Hornblower can be seen in charge of a ship where all his great qualities come to the fore. Some parts of the book are a little lacking in action but this is all made up for in the third book of the three A Ship of the Line, which leaves Hornblower situation which is going to force me to read the next of the three omnibuses...
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20 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Challenges, Ingenuity, Intense Action and Romantic Thoughts!, 15 July 2004
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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The books about Horatio Hornblower include some of the most interesting and exciting novels ever written about warfare at sea during the days of sailing ships. Hornblower himself is a charming hero who doubts himself, has many weaknesses, and uses his sense of the odds to calculate the best course to take. He is more like Clark Kent than Superman in that way, but can turn into Superman briefly when the occasion calls for it.

Throughout the prior volumes of this wonderful series, there has been lots of "ship of the line" envy on Hornblower's part as he made do with commanding lesser vessels. In Ship of the Line, Captain Hornblower finds himself getting his heart's desire, a two-decker called the Sutherland.

Complications soon arise when Hornblower discovers that his new admiral has just married Lady Barbara Wellesley, with whom Hornblower is in love. Hornblower and his wife (Maria) meet the admiral and Lady Barbara in a social scene that you will not soon forget.

With too little time to prepare, the Sutherland is soon at sea with an under sized and inexperienced crew. What follows is as action-packed a book as you can imagine. Ship of the Line has a greater variety of difficult and unusual challenges thrown Hornblower's way than any reader could possibly hope for. The details of the conflicts are stunning in their scope and scale. If you are like me, you'll find yourself racing through the pages to see what happens next . . . knowing that there are surely big surprises ahead. As usual, Hornblower's imagination and quick thinking make for enormous differences in the outcomes from what would be expected.

You will enjoy the complications brought about by Lady Barbara's new husband. And Hornblower's thoughts of Lady Barbara intrude throughout the book, like the musings of a love-sick schoolboy.

The book is also interesting because Hornblower is faced with many decisions that could wreck his career, leaving him unemployed at half pay for the rest of his life. While many today would enjoy an early retirement, Hornblower is only happy at sea . . . and in battle. With his strong sense of duty, he makes decisions that may surprise you from time to time, which makes the story all the richer.

If you have never read any of the Hornblower books, I suggest that you start with Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and proceed through in the chronological order of Hornblower's career through the series (not the order in which they were written).

If you do decide to read this book first to see if you like the books, let me caution you that the book ends in such a way that you will probably immediately decide to read the next one. For that reason, try to resist reading Ship of the Line until you have read its six predecessor volumes.

Do you always take time to locate new solutions that others have not tried before? Once you see a possible solution, do you stick with that idea to work through the problems . . . or are you soon discouraged by the first foul wind?

Assume there is a solution vastly better than any you have tried before . . . or have thought of yet. And keep thinking until you find it!

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars First rate naval heroism, 4 July 2000
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These three novels are the heart of the Hornblower saga. Here he is as a Captain of his own vessel, fighting Britains enemies in the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean. Probably the best of the novels, collected together in one volume - a definite must have.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic adventures at sea
This is the second omnibus in a series of 3, each containing 3 novels, and I read it immediately upon finishing the first omnibus ("The Young Hornblower"). Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2007 by Didier

4.0 out of 5 stars Short Stories Featuring Early 19th Century Technology
Although the episodes in Hornblower and the Atropos are tied together with a modest connecting story line, each one could just as easily be an independent short story about... Read more
Published on 1 July 2004 by Professor Donald Mitchell

3.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed.
In the fine fighting tradition of Nelson's Navy, there is plenty of quarterdeck action in these first three Hornblower tales, but almost nothing of below-deck life. Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2002 by A. J. Watson

4.0 out of 5 stars A good read, well constructed stories.
After being disappointed with Midshipman Hornblower I was pleasantly surprised with this book. Three excellent and varied stories made for fun reading, although Forester is still... Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2000

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