By C.S. Forester
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Horatio
Hornblower
(1998)
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Mr.
Midshipman Hornblower
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The first Hornblower novel, It is 1793 the time of the Napolianic
wars In it the adolescent and seasick Hornblower enters the Royal Navy. Among
other adventures he engages in a duel, is captured by the Spanish and freed
after saving the crew of a wrecked ship, and is commision as a junior Lieutenant.
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Lieutenant
Hornblower Click on title
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The second Hornblower novel, chronologically (1800-1803), in which
Hornblower is a junior officer on HMS RENOWN sailing under secret orders
to the British West Indies. meets William Bush, who is to become his good
friend. They engage in a possibly mutinous plot against their captain and
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Hornblower
and the Hotspur
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The third Hornblower novel, chronologically (1803-1805). Hornblower
goes forward with his ill-considered marriage to Maria and becomes a father.
Hornblower serves as commander of a sloopHotspur that is part of the
naval force blockading France.Is commission to act as spy along the French
coast. He masterminds a daring plan to sabotage a major signaling station.
He also misses a chance at a lot of prize money, but fights his way to briiant
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Hornblower
During the Crisis; Click on title
for order information The fourth Hornblower novel, chronologically (1805). It contains two short stories, Hornblower's Temptation (U.K. Title: Hornblower and the Widow McCool) and The Last Encounter, in addition to the novel, which was unfinished at the time of the author's death. It includes brief notes from the author describing the unwritten conclusion of the novel. The plot involves Hornblower on a spy mission in France. In Hornblower's Temptation, Lieutenant Hornblower is in charge of hanging a convicted deserter who is also an Irish rebel. In The Last Encounter, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Hornblower has a chance encounter with Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the future Napoleon the Third List Price: |
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Hornblower
and the Atropos
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(1805-1808). Captain Hornblower is put in charge of Nelson's funeral,
recovers sunken treasure in Turkish waters, and fights a Spanish frigate
that far outguns the Atropos. |
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Beat
to Quarters; Click on title
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The sixth Hornblower novel, chronologically (1808), Capt Hornblower,
under secrect order, keeps his ship the Lydia seven months at sea
without touching land. This novel has spectacular naval battles and an encounter
with an insane Spanish revolutionary. also he meets his future wife, Lady
Barbara Wellesley, sister of the Duke of Wellington. |
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The seventh Hornblower novel, chronologically (1810). This one has lots of fighting, both land and sea, against the French in Spain. Lady Barbara's new husband, Rear Admiral Leighton, becomes Hornblower's commander. Hornblower in a single ship attack on French fleet is taken prisoner. He escapes and steals back a captured English cutter.
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| Flying
Colors Click on title for order
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The eighth Hornblower novel, chronologically (1810-1811), opens with
Hornblower and Bush, captives of the French, being taken to Paris to be tried
and executed as pirates. They escape, spectacularly, and return to England
where Hornblower faces a court-martial. His wife, Maria, dies in childbirth
while he's in captivity, but his son survives and is cared for by the recently
widowed Lady Barbara. |
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| Commodore
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The ninth Hornblower novel, chronologically (1812), has Hornblower as the commodore of a squadron of ships on duty in the Baltic, and married to Lady Barbara. Hornblower engages in some naval action and lots of diplomacy. He also assists with an interesting land battle against the Prussians and then gets very ill with typhus.
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| Lord
Hornblower Click on title
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The tenth Hornblower novel, chronologically (1813-1814). In it Hornblower
must deal with a mutiny, Bush's death, and Napoleon's return to France from
Elba. |
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| Admiral
Hornblower in the West Indies
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The eleventh Hornblower novel, chronologically (1821-1823). Admiral
Hornblower is commander-in-chief of the British Navy in the West Indies and
must deal with pirates and revolutionaries and is almost killed, in the end,
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Other books by C.S.Forester,
The Adventures of John Wetherell; C.S. Forester; Paperback; $10.75
The African Queen Vol 1; Cecil Scott Forester, C. S. Forester; Paperback; $10.75
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