Horatio Hornblower: man of action and really a lot of angst

Just got back from five-ish days without real internet: planning on dealing with comments and things momentarily. But I just finished reading another Hornblower book, and I'm trying to sort through how I feel about the series, so I thought that now would be a good time to make a post about that.

( cut for a lot of FEELINGS, and some minor spoilers )