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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. Her first assignment under Hornblower's command is as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson.
Soon Atropos is part of the Mediterranean Fleet's harassment of Napoleon, recovering treasure that lies deep in Turkish waters and boldly challenging a Spanish frigate several times her size. At the center of each adventure is Hornblower, Forester's most inspired creation, whose blend of cautious preparation and spirited execution dazzles friend and foe alike.
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A convoy of 37 merchant ships is ploughing through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas during the most critical days of World War II, when the German submarines had the upper hand and Allied shipping was suffering heavy losses. In charge is Commander George Krause, an untested veteran of the US Navy. Hounded by a wolf pack of German U-boats, he faces 48 hours of desperate peril trapped the bridge of the ship. Exhausted beyond measure, he must make countless and terrible decisions as he leads his small fighting force against the relentless U-boats.
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The Good Shepherd
- De BookReader en 07-16-20
De: C.S. Forester
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Brewer's Luck: Hornblower's Legacy
- De: James Keffer
- Narrado por: Nigel Peever
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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After gaining valuable experience as an aide to Governor Lord Horatio Hornblower, William Brewer is rewarded with a posting as first lieutenant on the frigate HMS Defiant, bound for American waters. Early in their travels, it seems as though Brewer’s greatest challenge will be evading the wrath of a tyrannical captain who has taken an active dislike to him. But when a hurricane sweeps away the captain, the young lieutenant is forced to assume command of the damaged ship, and a crew suffering from low morale.
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Lots of Action and Fun on the High Seas
- De Spooky Mike en 11-11-19
De: James Keffer
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The African Queen
- De: C. S. Forester
- Narrado por: Michael Kitchen
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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Upon her brother's death, missionary Rose Sayer and Charles Allnutt, disreputable skipper of the African Queen, become allies as, marooned in German Central Africa during World War I, they fight their old launch downriver 'to strike a blow for England'.
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Book & movie
- De Brian Gannaway en 11-25-15
De: C. S. Forester
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Greyhound (Movie Tie-In)
- A Novel
- De: C. S. Forester
- Narrado por: Jim Frangione
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of 37 merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, they will deliver desperately needed supplies, but only if they can make it through the wolf pack of German submarines that awaits and outnumbers them in the perilous seas. For 48 hours, Krause will play a desperate cat-and-mouse game against the submarines, combating exhaustion, hunger, and thirst to protect 50 million dollars worth of cargo and the lives of 3,000 men.
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Captivating
- De Jean en 08-28-20
De: C. S. Forester
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Master and Commander
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 1
- De: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrado por: Patrick Tull
- Duración: 16 h y 45 m
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This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, Royal Navy, and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. Details of life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy are faultlessly rendered: the conversational idiom of the officers in the ward room and the men on the lower deck, the food, the floggings, the mysteries of the wind and the rigging, and the road of broadsides as the great ships close in battle.
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Choice of Narrators
- De Frank R. Adams en 04-23-10
De: Patrick O'Brian
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Hornblower and the "Atropos"
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- Spencer
- 04-13-16
Great but Slow
The story is excellent, like most Hornblower books, but the speaker is so slow. Listening to it is like watching someone trying to pour molasses in January.
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- Judson E McLevey II
- 02-20-22
Must increase the speed!
Setting the replay speed to 1.2x makes this narration INFINITELY better. I almost wonder if there was an error in the original recording!
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- Paul
- 02-16-15
Another great book!
Forester has so many adventures awaiting the clever Captain. Don't miss the excitement and daring.
It says I can't post this until I'm finished writing my review. So there it's done.
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- Mike
- 01-03-15
The canal, the funeral and the treasure~
Would you listen to Hornblower and the "Atropos" again? Why?
Yes...because it's part of the series. This is a rather disjointed effort; three short stories rolled into a novel. Each part is quite interesting, but the transitions are lacking.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
While the canal in the Cotswolds is an interesting part, I think the book would be stronger without it. If the story had started with Hornblower organising the funeral the story line would have been stronger. He could have then gone to sea to salvage the shipwreck in Turkey. The story line and development of that segment was well done.
Which character – as performed by Nicolas Coster – was your favorite?
None of them stands out. Nicolas Coster has a metre that hardly changes and it's not speedy by any stretch. If you want to relax your way through a rolling broadside, this is your narrator.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
The same as my headline I suppose..."The canal, the funeral and the treasure~"
Any additional comments?
It is so difficult when a series makes a change in narrators. Patrick O'Brien's Master and Commander series is awesome. That series changes narrators and survives my scrutiny, as does the Amelia Peobody Series by Elizabeth Peters. Susan O'Mally and Barbara Rosenblat are both excellent narrators.
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- Shawn
- 03-05-12
Don't let this be your only Hornblower
This is the only recording that does not have Christian Rodska narrating. Mr Coster is so completely different in narration that I would almost suggest skipping it and just borrowing the book from the library. I choose to weather his reading but be warned it is lethargic.
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- Loren
- 07-01-14
I liked the narrator
It just goes to show ya. There's no accounting for taste.
Many reviewers here have criticized the narrator for this book in the series, but I very much enjoyed his reading.
I thought the story itself was a bit disjointed, with no real plot running from beginning to end. This may be a realistic representation of wartime events for this single ship, but usually ships are assigned to a fleet and its actions support a planned campaign against the enemy.
Hornblower’s ship in this story is separated from a fleet and assigned various other tasks. This book is the story of those tasks and reads a bit like a series of short stories or novellas. I didn’t care for the lack of continuity in the story line.
In spite of that, I am enjoying this series and will continue with the next one.
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- WMB
- 08-02-21
Fine story and the slow narration is easily remedied!
This story is just as good as the rest of the Hornblower novels to this stage! I too think Christian Rodska’s narrations are fantastic but was not at all unhappy with Nicolas Coster. Admittedly the original narration speed is too slow but this is easily fixable be moving up the speed . I moved it to 1.1 and it was fine with no discernible distortion!
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- Elizabeth
- 07-08-13
Derring-do,
Would you listen to Hornblower and the "Atropos" again? Why?
No, I won't listen again. Not for a long time. And why not, because there are more where that came from.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Hornblower and the "Atropos"?
Hornblower threatening the life of the annoying doctor if he doesn't save the annoying salvage guy.
If you could take any character from Hornblower and the "Atropos" out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Probably the annoying salvage guy. I have a weak spot for experts with stories to tell, annoying or not.
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- Michael
- 09-24-11
Still Amazingly Good
There have been a lot of worthy followers to C S Forester in telling the story of the British Navy at the time or Trafalgar and the Napoleonic wars but he is still wonderful
In particular the detailed understanding of how new technologies (like canal barges) and complex naval maneuvers (like Nelson's funeral barge procession) actually worked s still as good as Captain and Commander's look at finding strange animals in the South Seas. In this case writing and performance are well matched.
Loved it.
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- Maxwell
- 03-26-20
Connecting the dots
Fine if you like C. S. Forester, but in some respects filling in a “space” in his biography as much as telling a unified story.
The narrator is not quite on a par with others who have read these yarns.
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