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Hornblower in the West Indies, or alternately Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies, is one of the novels in the series that CS Forester wrote about fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower.All the other novels in the series take place during Read More..

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Description	Hornblower in the West Indies, or alternately Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies, is one of the novels in the series that CS Forester wrote about fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower.All the other novels in the series take place during the wars with revolutionary and Napoleonic France; this one, however, takes place when Britain is at peace, May 1821 - October 1823. Hornblower has been promoted rear-admiral and has been named in command of the West Indies station (i.e., the Caribbean) with a squadron consisting of three frigates and fourteen brigs and schooners. It is the last Hornblower novel chronologically, although at least one short story (The Last Encounter) is set after the events in this novel.In the Royal Navy of the early nineteenth century, promotion from captain to admiral was based solely on seniority. The distinguished officer Edward Berry was promoted to captain in 1797 and did not become a rear-admiral until 1821. Hornblower was made a captain in 1805; thus, seniority should not have brought promotion to Hornblower until the mid-1830s or later.Like some other Hornblower novels, Forester wrote it in the form of several novellas that can be read independently.
Description	Hornblower in the West Indies, or alternately Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies, is one of the novels in the series that CS Forester wrote about fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower.All the other novels in the series take place during the wars with revolutionary and Napoleonic France; this one, however, takes place when Britain is at peace, May 1821 - October 1823. Hornblower has been promoted rear-admiral and has been named in command of the West Indies station (i.e., the Caribbean) with a squadron consisting of three frigates and fourteen brigs and schooners. It is the last Hornblower novel chronologically, although at least one short story (The Last Encounter) is set after the events in this novel.In the Royal Navy of the early nineteenth century, promotion from captain to admiral was based solely on seniority. The distinguished officer Edward Berry was promoted to captain in 1797 and did not become a rear-admiral until 1821. Hornblower was made a captain in 1805; thus, seniority should not have brought promotion to Hornblower until the mid-1830s or later.Like some other Hornblower novels, Forester wrote it in the form of several novellas that can be read independently.

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Name	Hornblower in the West Indies
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Authors	C. S. Forester
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Genre	Historical novel
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Series	Horatio Hornblower
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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