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Title: Close, But Not Aubrey
Review: After blazing through the O'Brien books, I was still looking to read something of the same genre. I next read Forester' Hornblower series. While I enjoyed the Hornblower series, I found the character and story not as compelling. Hornblower was a wooden man and just not as likable as the flawed Jack Aubrey. The story lacked the naval detail and well-written, complex storylines that I had come to appreciate. Lamdin was too driven by his carnal desires and continuous conquests. That can just get old.Parkinson's Delancey is not O'Brien's Aubrey. The quality of the writing and the character is closer in style to Hornblower. Parkinson's writing style is a bit stiff, but Delancey is a multifaceted `hero' that you can identify with. The young Delancey is almost too well-informed about the Revolutionary War, almost too much for a boy.The first book is compelling enough to keep me turning the pages and to by several more in the series.
