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Hornblower, a man who always preferred action to inaction, first met Lieutenant William Bush on board a ship where the officers were treated with contempt by a mad captain; where good hands sulked and the unruly ones grew restless. And HMS Renown clawed her way southward on a secret mission to Haiti-where the blacks had rebelled against the hated red-and-gold flag of Spain. If ever a man yearned for an opportunity to distinguish himself, it was Hornblower-junior lieutenant in a ship of the line.....
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