Hornblower in the West Indies |Hornblower in the West Indies|
|Author(s)||C. S. Forester| |Publisher||Michael Joseph, London|
|Media type||Hardcover & paperback| |Preceded by||Lord
Hornblower All the other novels in the series take place during
the 1793–1815 wars with revolutionary and Napoleonic France.
This one takes place when Britain is at peace, May 1821 -
October 1823. Hornblower has been promoted Rear-Admiral and has
been named in command of the West Indies station, i.e. the
Caribbean, with a squadron consisting of three frigates and
fourteen brigs and schooners. While it is the last Hornblower
novel chronologically, at least one short story is set after the
events in this novel. In the Royal Navy of the early nineteenth
century, promotion from Captain to Admiral was based solely on
seniority. Hornblower was made a Captain in 1805. Compared with
the distinguished officer Edward Berry, who was promoted to
Captain in 1797, and was not promoted to Rear-Admiral until
1821, seniority should not have brought