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Hornblower and the Atropos
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
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In the year 1805, the young and enthusiastic Horatio Hornblower is given his first command as Captain of HMS Atropos. A 22-gun sloop, it is hardly the biggest ship in the navy, but undeterred, Hornblower boards the Atropos in eager anticipation of the voyages to come.
Acting as flagship during the funeral procession for Lord Nelson, Horatio's first endeavour is to pay tribute to the country's fallen hero. However, his peaceful ventures are at an end when he is confronted with the alarming news that a large Spanish frigate is quickly descending upon his considerably smaller ship.
Determined to return to land unscathed and triumphant, Hornblower fights valiantly in this next instalment of C.S. Forester's naval series.
Hailed by the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Sir Winston Churchill for being 'admirable and vastly entertaining,' C.S. Forester became a hugely influential 20th Century author.
Born in Cairo, raised in London and buried in California, the metropolitan writer experienced huge success with his Horatio Hornblower series as well as with his later works, The African Queen and The Good Shepherd.
His literary genius is perfectly encapsulated within this endlessly entertaining narrative, and his heroic protagonist draws us in to another titillating journey through the Napoleonic wars.
Narrator Biography
Christian Rodska is an English television and voice actor best known for his role in the 1970's series Follyfoot.
From the The Monuments Men and The Eagle of the Ninth to The Likely Lads, Z Cars, The Tomorrow People, Coronation Street, Bergerac and Casualty, his extensive and diverse acting career has led him to become a highly solicited radio and audiobook narrator.
He has now voiced over 150 unabridged audiobooks including Winston Churchill's biographies, Evelyn Waugh's Men at Arms and Sebastian Faulks' A Possible Life. He has been praised for his ability to vary in vocal pace and style and as such, Christian boasts 12 Earphone Awards from Audiofile Magazine.
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- Nicola
- 10-08-20
Great listen as always
Clearly a filler written afterward - but I just love this series. Good historical note at the end too.
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- David Stretch
- 14-12-20
Another cracker!
I'm loving every one of these books, and this one didn't disappoint! Give it a listen.
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- Sir Bazile
- 11-12-20
Shiva me Timbers.....
Been looking F'ard to the series as I have amassed this treasure trove, with the movie popping it's head above the poopdeck every leeward. I have to say that I am more surprised than I thought I was going to be. I assumed it was going to be good, and I am very glad to be proved wrong Sir.
It is very GOOD Indeed Sir.
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- LINDON
- 12-10-20
Work of art
Great book love the whole series. Recommended to everyone thats like period storytelling and adventure
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- Praxis
- 08-04-15
Brilliant writer.
The characterisation is great - deep and complex. The plots are a series of mini-stories but held together by longer threads. The action is well-described and there are many elements of background descriptions too. Forester is a great writer and the narrator, Christian Rodska brings out all the nuances of the story.
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- DFB
- 16-10-19
Great
A string of fascinating and gripping adventures some based on fact as expected from CSF.
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- A. Moore
- 22-08-21
great story, superbly read
another great instalment in the Hornblower saga, brilliantly performed. some of the episodes in what is in fact a succession of linked short stories are classic and vastly entertaining. Forester, like O'Brien later, never lets you down!
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- Roly
- 03-11-22
Undeniably satisfying ….
Reading Hornblower is a part playback of my childhood. It’s not particularly challenging overall but very satisfying. Hornblower is a great character, who essentially holds the novel together along with a good plot, impressive nautical narrative, and British jingoism w their take on history.
This novel has an interesting and informative postscript written by the author Bernard Cornwell about Forester who lived until fairly recently 1966 (?!)
I began “Hornblower and the Crisis”, the preceding novel chronologically but returned it as Forester never completed it (and is disingenuously mis-sold by Audible) - suggest they halve the price and be straightforward !
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- A L DOWIE
- 13-01-23
Hornblower and the Atropos
Great fun and as informative as usual about life at sea during the Napoleonic Wars.
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- Theo Goddefroy
- 23-12-17
In true Forester style.
Rodska's narrative is again in true form.
The story will keep you spellbound as Hornblower fights the enemy and his own inner demons.
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