A review by iainkelly_writing
Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester

5.0

The 2nd novel in the series chronologically. unlike the first it is told from the point of view of Lieutenant Bush, who meets and serves with our hero, the start of a friendship that continues through the rest of the series. Perfect escapism for the current lockdown world, adventures on high seas in foreign sunlit lands, and Forester is a master at managing to convey the workings of a naval ship in detail but never losing the reader and always making it sound exhilerating.