![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And, for a change, this one ends with some unresolved drama. Hornblower and the Atropos has more humor and more action than the chronologically preceding books it is also more episodic. He could fall down the stairs and capture a French frigate. At the same time, Hornblower is still larger than life. Nothing ever goes smoothly, and problems and complications are added with regularity. Much of this novel follows the pattern that Stan Lee used to make his Spider-Man comics so successful - there's always something. It is clear to the reader by now that he genuinely loves his family, but when his ship is found to be unready to sail, he considers all the time he has spent with them "wasted." He continues to be heroic and ingenious, but always ascribes to himself the basest of motives, and he is typically wrong in his self-analysis. Hornblower continues to be his own worst enemy - he does not know himself. Captain Horatio Hornblower, age 29, takes command of the Atropos, the smallest ship in the navy suitable for a post-captain, but before he can sail for sunken treasure, he has to manage his pregnant wife, coordinate Admiral Nelson's funeral procession, and meet the king. Forester's fifth Hornblower novel chronologically, eighth by publication. ![]()
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