Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Summary
C. S. Forester

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Summary

Horatio Hornblower joins the British Navy as a midshipman at the somewhat advanced age of seventeen during 1793. He serves briefly aboard Justinian in an unhappy assignment and then transfers to Indefatigable where he has several incredible experiences and learns much. In 1796, he makes an audacious and successful attack on a Spanish galley and is made acting-lieutenant. In early 1797 he is captured and spends the next two years in a Spanish prison...

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