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  1. I'm re-reading "Lieutenant Hornblower" and thought this passage seemed an excellent summation of what makes Hornblower an interesting protagonist:

    "Hornblower was a man always ready to adopt the bold course, a man who infinitely preferred action to inaction; widely read in his profession and yet a practical seaman, as Bush had already had plenty of opportunity to observe. A student yet a man of action; a fiery spirit and yet discreet"

    #hornblower #napoleonic #books #historical

  2. Manchmal führt es bei mir zu neuen Erkenntnissen, alte #Fernsehserien wieder zu sehen. Nachdem ich #Hornblower von 1999 wieder ansah, merkte ich, wie schlecht #BlackSails von 2017 eigentlich ist.

    Als ich Black Sails das erste Mal sah, hatte ich einfach Spaß an einem unterhaltsamen Abenteuerstoff, wobei mir damals schon aufstieß, wie schlecht "Seemannsgarn" a la "Pirates of the Caribbean" mit realhistorischen Geschehen und realen Charakteren zusammenpasst.

  3. Manchmal führt es bei mir zu neuen Erkenntnissen, alte #Fernsehserien wieder zu sehen. Nachdem ich #Hornblower von 1999 wieder ansah, merkte ich, wie schlecht #BlackSails von 2017 eigentlich ist.

    Als ich Black Sails das erste Mal sah, hatte ich einfach Spaß an einem unterhaltsamen Abenteuerstoff, wobei mir damals schon aufstieß, wie schlecht "Seemannsgarn" a la "Pirates of the Caribbean" mit realhistorischen Geschehen und realen Charakteren zusammenpasst.

  4. “How to Explain the Impact of Your Work?” @horncologne and I have prepared the answer. Be blown away — join the presentation at ! 25.foss-backstage.de/session/h

    (I'll be missing due to canceled flights, but FRET NOT: the mustachioed and from the home of German fragrance will save the day alone!) @FOSSBackstage

  5. “How to Explain the Impact of Your #OpenSource Work?” @horncologne and I have prepared the answer. Be blown away — join the presentation at #FOSSBack #today! 25.foss-backstage.de/session/h

    (I'll be missing due to canceled flights, but FRET NOT: the mustachioed #hornblower and #carnevalist from the home of German fragrance will save the day alone!) @FOSSBackstage

  6. I rarely give a book 5/5, but Lieutenant Hornblower, the 2nd book in the series was near perfect. Great military strategy, nailbiting ups and down, and witness to the growth of an officer into a commander. Indirectly, it is also a great book on the journey to becoming a leader.

    My rating: ★★★★★

    My review: codeyarns.com/personal/2025-02

    #Hornblower #books #bookstodon

  7. I rarely give a book 5/5, but Lieutenant Hornblower, the 2nd book in the series was near perfect. Great military strategy, nailbiting ups and down, and witness to the growth of an officer into a commander. Indirectly, it is also a great book on the journey to becoming a leader.

    My rating: ★★★★★

    My review: codeyarns.com/personal/2025-02

    #Hornblower #books #bookstodon

  8. Got started on the Hornblower series of Napoleonic naval adventures with the first book Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. It was engaging and pretty soon I was looking up sailing-ship jargon, living on a ship and getting lost in the history and places of the Napoleonic era. Riveting read!

    Rating: ★★★★☆

    codeyarns.com/personal/2024-12

    #bookstodon #books #hornblower

  9. Got started on the Hornblower series of Napoleonic naval adventures with the first book Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. It was engaging and pretty soon I was looking up sailing-ship jargon, living on a ship and getting lost in the history and places of the Napoleonic era. Riveting read!

    Rating: ★★★★☆

    codeyarns.com/personal/2024-12

    #bookstodon #books #hornblower

  10. CW: Cat, cat disappearance, 18thC typical racism in an actual historical document.

    It is also dripping with age of sail references, historical tidbits, & introduced me to Trim the Cat, & the treaties on how magnificent Trim was by his owner.

    Cn for this link - the cat disappears at the end and the 18thC author decides that a slave ate it :/ flinders.rmg.co.uk/DisplayDocu
    #fanfiction #Hornblower #ao3 #ficrec

  11. Another #fanfiction rec again? So soon?

    Yes. I rarely do these, but two in three-ish days it is, because I just finished a brilliant #Hornblower modern au fanfic with the end ship of Hornblower/Kennedy/Bush.

    It’s a wonderfully written story with enough series/book elements to satisfy, magnificent characterisation, and funny moments. Mind the tags though - it’s not graphic but deals with recovery from sexual assault and some violence archiveofourown.org/series/777 #ao3 #ficrec

  12. @mina
    #20Books20Days - The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Tag 19

C.S. #Forester "Fähnrich zur See - Leutnant #Hornblower" untrennbar von meiner Kindheit und Quelle von Fernweh und Abenteuerlust
#20Days20Books#BooksThatInfluencedYou#books#BookWyrm

  13. I'm late posting an introduction, so here goes.
    I am a lawyer in my hometown of #MarshallTexas - married w/3 boys #autism . My wife and I enjoy traveling, and especially #Cruising .

    Education - BA at #TAMUC (was ETSU) & law school at #BaylorLaw. Have a masters degrees in public affairs from the #LBJSchool at #UTAustin, and in World War II Studies from Arizona State University #ASU and the National World War II Museum #WWIIMuseum #WWIIStudiesMA . Currently working on an executive LL.M. in litigation management at Baylor Law School #BaylorLawLLM .

    I practice mainly in U.S. federal courts litigating and trying to juries intellectual property cases, and blog at EDTexweblog.com #EDTexweblog #MCSLaw . Devoted follower of #AppellateTwitter . #LawTwitter #patentlitigation #EDTX #WDTX .

    I enjoy #reading , including #WorldWarII #UrbanFantasy #ScienceFiction #LOTR #StarTrek #Hornblower #Archaeology as well as #ArchaeologicalPorn (which in this context refers to Dan Brown/Steve Berry type books - not the paintings in Pompeiian brothels). Also enjoy #LandscapeArchitecture and our beloved #DallasCowboys but my principal hobby is #ScaleModeling with an emphasis on #ShipModeling usually WW II or #NavalHistory subjects. Have written two books on aircraft carriers and have a particular interest in #EssexClassCarriers .

    I post on all of this on my personal weblog Puttering in the Study at www.mcsmith.blogs.com #PutteringInTheStudy .