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* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Readers following the series in chronological order rather than publishing order may scratch their heads when the opening paragraph of ''Beat to Quarters'', the first published book, suggests that Lt. Bush has only just gotten to know Captain Hornblower in the last few months.
** [[Characterization Marches On]]: Hornblower is also a lot more ill-tempered and choleric in his first book too.
* [[Fancy Dinner]]: The first time that Hornblower attended a formal Russian dinner as a flag officer (in chapter XII of ''The Commodore''), he makes the mistake through inexperience of eating far too many of the canapes and drinking far too much of the alcohol that his hosts served before the meal. He manages to soldier through the entire dinner.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: Not Hornblower, Sir Edward Pellew.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Hornblower is acutely aware of how his every move will appear, which is strange, because this is the book that started the genre. Hilariously, he has trouble believing anyone could like him, despite evidence to the contrary. Even when he ''does'' believe it, he finds some way to make himself rationalize or downplay it.
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