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Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C.S. Forester. Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea.
Hornblower and the Atropos. C.S. Forester. 4.24. 9,236 ratings335 reviews. In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain.
Mar 21, 2023 · Here is the fourth exciting novel in the world-acclaimed saga of Horatio Hornblower, the most famous naval hero in all fiction. He's a captain now, in command of HMS Atropos, a sloop of war, admittedly the smallest ship in the British navy, but as fast and responsive as even Hornblower could ask.
Feb 9, 2023 · HORNBLOWER AND THE ATROPOS. C. S. Forester. 4.40. 10 ratings0 reviews. Forester wrote many novels, but he is best known for the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series about an officer in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
Hornblower and the Atropos (published 1953) was the eighth book in the Hornblower series written by C.S. Forester. By internal chronology, it is the fifth book in the series. It follows Horatio Hornblower after he is assigned to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the English navy that qualifies...
The cabin of the Atropos took on the appearance of a schoolroom, with the midshipmen sitting on mess stools at improvised tables, with inkwells and pens, copying out Hornblower's drafts of the orders, and Hornblower going from one to another, like a squirrel in a cage, answering questions.
Jun 1, 2011 · "Hornblower and the Atropos" is one of the best of the renowned Hornblower series of novels. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Horatio Hornblower is given command of the "Atropos" -- a twenty-two gunner that is the smallest vessel in the British Navy which merits a full Captain as skipper.
