And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Argosy Weekly. December 3, 1938. All American Fiction Magazine. Volume 286. Number 4. Captain Hornblower in a Great New Novel by C. S. Forester. Additional material by Karl Detzer, Edgar Franklin & Garnett Radcliffe
I've been reading Andrew Wareham's series about the Royal Navy between the 1790s and 1830s... The rank structure is fascinating. 5 grades from Midshipman to Post Captain, then 9 grades of Admirals (10 if you count the ones who were Admiral in name only).
I wonder which one it was? Help to know the year.
ReplyDeleteThe artist didn't do much research on officer uniforms, that's a lieutenant's coat (no epaulets).
ReplyDeleteCould be the Captain’s Lieutenant?? You know… Lt Woodwind…
DeleteYou mean Lt. Bush? (A Captain himself in the last two books)
DeleteOr, leut nant Wm. Bligh, Captain HMS Bounty.
DeleteArgosy Weekly. December 3, 1938. All American Fiction Magazine. Volume 286. Number 4. Captain Hornblower in a Great New Novel by C. S. Forester. Additional material by Karl Detzer, Edgar Franklin & Garnett Radcliffe
ReplyDeleteFlying Colors by C. S. Forester.
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I've been reading Andrew Wareham's series about the Royal Navy between the 1790s and 1830s... The rank structure is fascinating. 5 grades from Midshipman to Post Captain, then 9 grades of Admirals (10 if you count the ones who were Admiral in name only).
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