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The Hornblower Companion

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Author: C. S. Forester
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Category: Book

List Price: ~~$23.95~~
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

(10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 189202

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 139
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.4 x 0.5

ISBN: 1557503478
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9781557503473
ASIN: 1557503478

Publication Date: June 25, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Customer Reviews:

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Second Half Is More Interesting October 11, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book is basically divided into two parts - the first is a series of maps showing the areas where the various Hornblower books take place, and the routes he took. The information is pretty basic, and Forester doesn't go much into tactics or anything in detail - just a straight map and some comments. The second part, though, is practically a book on the "making of" Hornblower, his writing career and his insights into his own life and that of his fictional creation. This is where the real meat is, and well worth the price on its own. You realize how much of Forester was in Hornblower - of course, this is often true of many fictional characters, but here you can see the extent of the parallels in personality. Not essential for your Hornblower collection, but well worth a read nonetheless. For those with a desire for much more detail, track down C. Northecote Parkinson's "Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional biography which is impeccably researched and "fills in the gaps" which Forester didn't chronicle about the naval hero.

3 out of 5 stars

Second Half Is More Interesting October 11, 2000
23 out of 24 found this review helpful

This book is basically divided into two parts - the first is a series of maps showing the areas where the various Hornblower books take place, and the routes he took. The information is pretty basic, and Forester doesn't go much into tactics or anything in detail - just a straight map and some comments. The second part, though, is practically a book on the "making of" Hornblower, his writing career and his insights into his own life and that of his fictional creation. This is where the real meat is, and well worth the price on its own. You realize how much of Forester was in Hornblower - of course, this is often true of many fictional characters, but here you can see the extent of the parallels in personality. Not essential for your Hornblower collection, but well worth a read nonetheless. For those with a desire for much more detail, track down C. Northecote Parkinson's "Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional biography which is impeccably researched and "fills in the gaps" which Forester didn't chronicle about the naval hero.

5 out of 5 stars

Like Hornblower? Just get it. June 4, 2000
0 out of 10 found this review helpful

Includes the author's comments about the process by which he dredges up those idea-logs from deep inside himself and puts them to paper.

5 out of 5 stars

Well Worth Having April 23, 1999
46 out of 48 found this review helpful

I consider this to be an indispensable companion to the C.S. Forester novels and the television series. It helps the casual fan of the Hornblower series to follow the action as our hero progresses along. Hard-core fans for Forester will really appreciate the details that went into making the Companion, and casual fans will develop a better sense of how things flow along in the novels.

Too bad the Naval Institute Press, one of the better publishers out there, decided to put it on backorder so soon. Hopefully, with the recent television series generating interest, the book will be re-released.

5 out of 5 stars A "must" for the true Hornblower afficionado. November 26, 1998
25 out of 26 found this review helpful

This book has a collection of maps and diagrams representing in pictures what Forester describes in prose in the Hornblower series. Forester often described battles and campaigns in now-obscure placenames, appropriate to the era, but not always findable in a modern atlas. This serves as sort of a Historical Atlas. Also has sailing ship layouts and descriptions of Napoleanic-era technology for the modern reader. (Think of someone reading Tom Clancy in 200 years without reference material).

Book ALSO contains what is elsewhere described as "Long Before Forty", Forester's autobiographical look at becoming a writer.

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