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December 1, 1939
- First published December 1, 1939
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The first three novels written, The Happy Return, A Ship of the Line, and Flying Colours were collected as Captain Hornblower R.N (1939) by Michael Joseph and as Captain Horatio Hornblower (1939) by Little Brown in the US. Both a single-volume edition and a three-volume edition (in a slip case) were published.
Captain Hornblower R.N.: Hornblower and the Atropos / The Happy Return / A Ship of the Line. by C.S. Forester. 4.46 · 1,177 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 1965 · 10 editions. Follow the thrilling and exciting adventures of Ho….
Jan 28, 2020 · The series was written starting in the late 1930s and extended into the 1960s, with the majority of them written during World War II (including its precursor and aftermath). Setting them during earlier wars with a known outcome made them the perfect escapist fiction.
Horatio Hornblower, fictional character, a British naval officer who is the hero of 12 books (mostly novels) by C.S. Forester that are set at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The Hornblower novels begin with The Happy Return (1937; also published as Beat to Quarters) and conclude with the unfinished novel Hornblower and the Crisis (1967; also ...
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- Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. The early career of Horatio Hornblower of the British Royal Navy is traced in a series of adventurous episodes. They illustrate the quick thinking, brilliant intuition, and decisiveness characteristic of our hero and leave him with the rank of lieutenant.
- Lieutenant Hornblower. Hornblower emerges from his apprenticeship as midshipman to assume the responsibilities forced upon him by the war between Napoleon and Spain, and his career on board the HMS Renown up to his promotion to commodore is followed.
- Hornblower and the Hotspur. Commander Hornblower marries Maria in England and soon afterward sails for duty off the French coast. War breaks out with France, involving Hornblower in a land raid and in several sea battles.
- Hornblower during the Crisis, and Two Stories: "Hornblower's Temptation" and "The Last Encounter" Hornblower receives a promotion to captain and is relieved of his command of the Hotspur in this last-to-be-written and incomplete novel.
C. S. Forester is credited with inventing the naval historical novel and Hornblower even has his own spoof biography, The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower, written by C. Northcote Parkinson (first published in 1970). The biography led many to believe that Hornblower was a real person, including one researcher who travelled all the way from ...
The series lasted 11 novels with various short stories until Hornblower and the Crisis, published in 1967. Below is a list of C.S. Forester’s Horiatio Hornblower books in order of when they were originally released: Publication Order of Horatio Hornblower Books. Chronological Order of Horatio Hornblower Books.
