" I read all the Patrick O'Brien books, so it's about time I went and checked out the original Napoleonic era "Master & Commander" novels, C.S. Forester's saga of Horatio Hornblower. Sorta started in the middle with this one, and I did like it. Pretty exciting, interesting situations (politics and predicaments), lots of that Napoleonic naval atmosphere, Rule Britannia and all that. I'll probably read the rest of them... Kinda wish I would have read these BEFORE the O'Briens though, since the O'Brien's seem like more "advanced" Foresters, more nautical detail, more literary depth, etc. "
— J, 2/6/2014