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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

Author: C. S. Forester
Category: Book

Buy New: $39.99
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $15.04

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

(80 reviews)
Sales Rank: 610693

Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 310

ASIN: B00008RWCJ

Publication Date: May 31, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
"Oxford Bookworms" offer students at all levels the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English. There are six stages, taking students from elementary to advanced level. At the lower stages, many of the texts have been specially written for the series, to provide elementary and lower-intermediate students with an introduction to real reading in English. At the higher stages, most of the books have been adapted from works originally published for native speakers. The language controls used in "Oxford Bookworms" are based on a syllabus specially created for the series by Tricia Hedge. This takes account of the more traditional approaches to grading and recent research into the nature of reading difficulty. The approximate vocabulary count for each stage is: Stage 1 - 400 words; Stage 2 - 700 words - Stage 3 - 1000 words; Stage 4 - 1400 words; Stage 5 - 1800 words; Stage 6 - 2500 words. All stages have exercises for classroom or private use, plus a supporting glossary to help students with vocabulary. Illustrations are used, especially at the lower stages, to help comprehension.

Customer Reviews: Read 75 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing naval fun! February 19, 2008
I can't believe that I've never read this series! After wrapping up Cornwell's Sharpe's series, I was desperate for another good series on the Napoleonic wars, and I came across Forseter's Hornblower books. Lots of action and a style that makes you feel like you're on deck, reefing the tops'ls right along with 'em!

5 out of 5 stars

CS Forester, Commodore Hornblower February 5, 2008
Great sea tale among the series of 11 great novels by CS Forester chronicling the life and career of the fictitious early 19th century British naval officer Horatio Hornblower. This beautifully written series of novels is a must read for anyone who either: likes action/adventure stories, enjoys learning about history, gets happily engrossed in emotion-charged romance, appreciates beautiful writing, or has a fascination with the sea and things nautical. If you are a person who likes all of the above in your reading, then by all means get online right now (or go to your book seller) and buy the entire series of Hornblower novels, and start with the first one, "Mr. Midshipman Hornblower." These are books worth reading and a collection worth having.

3 out of 5 stars

Fun but choppy January 18, 2008
This book introduces Horatio Hornblower to life at sea, where he must face down his own seasickness and the oppressions of an angrily underperforming senior midshipman. That accomplished, he embarks on a series of adventures and generally comes out on top. Each of the episodes is entertaining and well-written, but the book has a choppy feel and is easy to put down from time to time.

If you are interested in reading the Hornblower series, I would recommend starting with Beat to Quarters, which Forester wrote first but is located in the middle of the series, and then reading Midshipman Hornblower.

4 out of 5 stars

Good Place to Start December 6, 2007
Chronologically speaking, `Mr. Midshipman Hornblower' begins C.S. Forester's great age of sail naval adventure series, but was the sixth book when published 1950. Unlike Patrick O'Brian, Forester did not shy away from `prequels' in his 11 book series. `Mr. Midshipman Hornblower' is a collection of nine short stories that feature plenty of action, including the effect of water on a cargo of rice and a flotilla of fireships interrupting Horatio's lieutenant examination.

By the way, both O'Brian and Forester based their stories in part on the real life adventures of Captain Lord Thomas Cochrane, the 10th Earl of Dundonald. Indeed, Cochrane led a fire ship attack on the French fleet anchored in Basque Roads on the west coast of France in 1809. O'Brian featured the use of fireships in more than one of his books, including one story that was clearly based on Cochrane's attack. O'Brian gave a much more detailed description of their use than Forester does.

Readers interested in historical accounts may want to check out Cochrane: Britannia's Sea Wolf and more generally Every Man Will Do His Duty: An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson.

Highly recommended. `Mr. Midshipman Hornblower' is a good starting point in historical fiction for fans of the age of sail.

4 out of 5 stars

For the obsessive Hornblower fan. September 4, 2007
The Hornblower Saga is a series that chronicles the life
of the fictional English naval hero Horatio Hornblower.
C.S. Forester began the series in the turbulent mid-career
of his protagonist. Later, when he realized that he had
created something bigger than himself, he went back and filled
in Hornblower's earlier years.

So, if you haven't read Hornblower at all, or if your
appetite for watery adventure has been kindled by
The Secret Ever Keeps, this might not be
the place to start. The novellas of which it is composed are
delightful, but not compelling. On the other hand, if you know
that you are a sucker for naval warfare/Napoleonic Europe/BritLit/
Boys at Sea, or if a taste of Patrick O'Brian and Cap't. Aubrey
has you searching for roots, and you suspect that you're
likely to get hooked-then by all means, take a leap of faith
and watch the sophistication of the series develop along with
the character and the complexity of the application of English seapower.

On the other hand, if you just want a truly great action-laden naval
bang-'em-up, better read Beat To Quarters.

--Lynn Hoffman, author of bang BANG, a novel about a female Hornblower.

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