Her Majesty's ship Sutherland is a humdrum ship of the line. But in command is none other than the heroic Captain Hornblower and, with his crew from the Lydia, he looks set to take on commando raids, hurricanes at sea, and Napoleons's gun batteries.
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"There are many dictionaries in the world. Many crappy dictionaries. I quite enjoy this one. It seldom lets me down. I use it so often, I can find it on my shelf in the dark. What better way to spend a Saturday Night?" — Lafcadio (5 out of 5 stars)
"There are many dictionaries in the world. Many crappy dictionaries. I quite enjoy this one. It seldom lets me down. I use it so often, I can find it on my shelf in the dark. What better way to spend a Saturday Night?"
" I acquired my dad's copy in high school and this is the best dictionary I've ever used. "
" My Dad always told me, "You want a good book to read? Pick up a dictionary." He was right. "
" Very informative and useful. The plot really picked up in the "S"'s but by the time it got to the "V"'s, it was hard to keep going. "
" Reading the dictionary is always a favorite past time. "
" this is quite possibly my favorite book of all time "
" Of course, most people don't read the dictionary all the way through and neither have I. However, this is the edition in my classroom. I usually use the on line edition though. "
" Why would anyone read this book? Who told me to do that? "
" Greatest book ever. This kept me hooked from the very fisrt word...aaa "
" I can't say I finished it...but when I was a kid, it was one of my favorite reads... "
" The best dictionary I have ever used for anything. "
" Very informative, explained the meaning of words very well. Now I can finally use whimsical in my daily speech and not feel dumb. "
" You should never be without a good Dictionary! "
" A wise person once told me that she won't be a dictionary unless it has the word "fuck" in it. I checked this one before I bought it at the thrift store. Yep. It includes "fuck." Good enough for me. "
" this is my favorite book "
" OK book, bit wordy though. "
" I'm not kidding...one of my favorite books because anything ever written or read is in there...it's just a matter of putting the words in good order. "
" This is my favorite book of all time. "
" Freaking brilliant. Totally unique plot structure and a surprise ending that just blew me away. I can't say too many good things and I just can't stop reading it. The author's vocabulary is astounding. "
" Yes, there's always dictionary.com, but it's not the same as pulling out my well-used MW, thumbing through the pages, and coming to find the true meaning of a word. Where would I be without you, my dear dictionary? "
" Haha okay okay, so I haven't actually read the WHOLE dictionary, but I feel like it's worth mentioning! Do we ever give the dictionary enough credit? I THINK NOT! :P "
" I constantly use this book. It is a great reference book. "
" This book was so boring. The plot was very difficult to follow and for the life of me I could not identify the protagonist or antagonist... SPOILER ALERT: it ends in zygote! "
" I lernt wat a lott of werds meen. "
" I never know what to put in the "review" section for reference books. As a means to find the meaning of English words, this can't be beat! I don't know, what the fuck. "
" I have only started reading this book but find the plot to be all over the place. I can't really get a feel for where the storyline is going. It really is broken up into such small chapters that I'm going crazy! I have at least come to find out that what I am feeling is "Angst". "
" Wow! Great from A to Z! "
" My mother gave me a copy when I graduated from college. "
" This book was... breath-taking. From begining to end, I was amazed at the variety of words that were in it! Two thumbs up! "
" A re-read. And Hornblower is as fantastic as ever. "
" More good swashbuckling from our beloved Hornblower. "
" This Hornblower novel was a little slow to get started, but then it got really exciting. However the end was so depressing as to leave me shocked. Ignominy for Hornblower? Say it ain't so, Horatio. "
" This was an excellent novel. The last chapter was as intense a chapter as I've ever read. I look forward to continuing to read the adventures of Horatio Hornblower in "Flying Colours." "
" This was an interesting look into WWII crew interactions. "
" He uses very clever transitions to let us know time has passed like, "three weeks passed now". "
" I liked and hated the ending. Ends with the same tone of Empire Strikes Back. "
" Much better than the previous Hornblowers. So much action and so little of Hornblower's agonizing over his appearance in the eye of the crew. "
C. S. Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (1899–1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works are The African Queen and the eleven-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era. His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. He is also known for writing gritty psychological thrillers that took crime writing in a new direction as they portrayed ordinary people turning in desperation to crime.
Christian Rodska has worked in theaters all over the United Kingdom and in the West End, and he has recorded hundreds of radio plays and poetry programs. Over the last thirty years he has worked regularly in television, from early programs such as Follyfoot and Doomwatch, to Taggart, Sharpe, and Wycliffe. He has recorded over one hundred audiobooks and has won several awards, including fourteen AudioFile Earphones Awards.
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