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Beat to Quarters
Beat to Quarters | C. S. Forester
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June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua-a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. The Admiralty has ordered Captain Horatio Hornblower, now in command of the thirty-six-gun HMS Lydia, to form an alliance against the Spanish colonial government with an insane Spanish landowner; to find a water route across the Central American isthmus; and "to take, sink, burn or destroy" the fifty-gun Spanish ship of the line Natividad or face court-martial. A daunting enough set of orders-even if the happily married captain were not woefully distracted by the passenger he is obliged to take on in Panama: Lady Barbara Wellesley.
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KCofKaysville
Beat to Quarters | C. S. Forester
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Great historical sea adventure with Capt. Hornblower and a dictator, El Supremo, in Central America. I had read about 4 of these novels in Jr. High and High School, but I never read this one, which is actually the first one that was written but not in chronological order of the stories. Love it.

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Andrew65
The Happy Return | C.S. Forester
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An excellent first day on the #AwesomeApril Readathon.

One book completed and good chunks of to others. Altogether 674 pages read (174 ahead of schedule) and 11 hrs 38 mins reading time.

CaffeineAndCandy Nice 👍 4y
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Andrew65
The Happy Return | C.S. Forester
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I‘m starting off the #AwesomeApril Readathon aboard ship with Hornblower in The Happy Return. This is book 6 in the Hornblower series and read the previous 5 in the past month.

Good luck everybody. Have fun!