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His age is given as 37, and the events of the novel take place during 1808, in which year Spain was first at war with Great Britain but then changed sides.
However, when Forester decided to write about Hornblower's early career in the sixth novel Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, he made his hero about five years younger, giving his birthdate as July 4, 1776 ( the date of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence ).
He is given a classical education, and by the time he joins the Royal Navy at age seventeen, he is well-versed in Greek and Latin.
He is tutored in French by a penniless French émigré and has an aptitude for mathematics, which serves him well as a navigator.
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