pretty things (on the bookshelf)
since bill has been working his way through the aubrey / maturin novels, over the weekend i decided to start in on some napoleonic naval books of my own, specifically the horation hornblower series.
i was thrilled to see that the covers of the newest editions feature illustrations by douglas smith, whose work i have admired since reading wicked so many years ago (though the latest edition has another great cover, it is no longer smith’s, which is below). i have to admit that i’ve actually read a number of books based solely on the fact that he’s done the covers… and since i’m only on the third book of the series (hornblower and the hotspur, which is fantastic, by the way), it’s good to know that i’ve got eight more lovely covers to look froward to.
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