“Another excellent Hornblower book, although it would probably be more appropriately entitled "Lieutenant Bush," as the story is told from Bush's perspective, not Hornblower's. "Lieutenant Hornblower" reads more like a novel, whereas "Mr. Midshipman Hornblower" was really more of a collection of short stories. Absent from this book is the thought process and self doubt we get from Hornblower in the other books; however, it is interesting to look at Hornblower through the eyes of Bush, and...”