C.S. Forester

Advantages: Adventurous life at sea in Tall Ships
Disadvantages: None

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Advantages: A good read for anyone who likes naval history and a ripping yarn
Disadvantages: If you dont like naval history or a good story you wont like it

...The Hornblower series of books by C.S. Forester is a must for anyone who enjoys both naval history and a 'ripping yarn'. Each book is individually well written with excellent plots woven into actual historical events. The character of Horatio Hornblower is both likeable and believeable as he is flawed with his own self doubts. The Hornblower series covers Hornblowers career from Midshipman to Admiral and can be picked up at any point. However if you want to start at the beginning 'Mr Midshipman Hornblower' is where he first joins the Royal Navy and his first ship with a sick captain. The recent TV series does not do justice to the stories and actually made the mistake of making the character a stereotype 'hero'. Part of the charm of Hornblower is he is not a strong, self assured leader of men but full of self doubt. For instance... Read review

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Advantages: Great read it's a book kids would like
Disadvantages: None

...It all starts off with 2 brothers and 2 sisters named Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy going to stay with an old professor in his big house. They get told to stay out of the way of the lady who is showing people around the house so the 4 children go looking in different parts of the house and Lucy decides to hide from the others in a wardrobe and she starts to go to the back of the wardrobe but there isn't one and she ends up in this forest then lucy befriends a faun. The faun invites Lucy to tea and she has a lovely time and the hours have flown by and as Lucy comes out of the wardrobe she trys to scare the others but she finds out she's only gone a few minutes. They all soon discover this wonderful place. The place is called Narnia and Narnia was founded by a lion called Aslan who has been away and Narnia has had an evil curse over... Read review

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