Lieutenant Hornblower
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Lieutenant Hornblower (published 1952) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. It is the second book in the series chronologically, but the seventh by order of publication.
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Author | C. S. Forester |
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Cover artist | Val Biro |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Horatio Hornblower |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Michael Joseph, London |
Publication date | 1952 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 253 |
ISBN | 1859989764 |
OCLC | 22239426 |
Preceded by | Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950) |
Followed by | Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962) |
Text | Lieutenant Hornblower online |
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The book is unique in the series in being told not from Horatio Hornblower's point of view, but rather from Bush's. This helped Forester to explain Hornblower's unsuitable first marriage besides giving an objective view of Hornblower himself.[1] This unusual narrative perspective also allows Forester to sustain a mystery, advanced hint by hint in the course of the novel, about how Captain Sawyer came to be injuredāan event possibly witnessed by Hornblower.