Rating: 5/5
Review:
Another gem in the series
Flying Colours is another beautifully written and constructed Hornblower book, and is a cracking read.
It is impossible to give any summary without significant spoilers for both this book and for the end of A Ship Of The Line which precedes it. I will just say that, yet again, Forester manages to involve us closely in the lives and characters of Hornblower, Bush and others and to strike a great balance between character, background, tension and action – although this time it’s not quite the action we are accustomed to.
In short, it’s yet another cracker from Forester which remains as involving and thrilling on what must be my fifth or sixth read. Warmly recommended.
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