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Lieutenant Hornblower

by C. S. Forester Book 2 in the Hornblower Saga series.

First published 1983

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Lieutenant William Bush joins HMS Renown under a captain whose increasingly erratic behaviour places the ship and crew in danger. Hornblower, still a junior lieutenant, must navigate professional obedience, private judgement and the consequences of command while the squadron operates against Spanish possessions in the Caribbean. Told largely through Bush’s eyes, the novel shows Hornblower before he becomes a captain and makes the crisis aboard Renown the foundation of their lasting friendship.

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Napoleonic Era1792–1815 CE

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