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In 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars, Royal Navy Captain Horatio Hornblower is given command of the 38-gun frigate HMS Lydia and tasked with a secret mission to Central America: he is to provide arms and support to a local warlord, Don Julian Alvarado, who has organized a rebellion against the colonial authorities of Spain, an ally of Britain's ...
The film Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) stars Gregory Peck in the title role, encompassing the events in The Happy Return, A Ship of the Line, and Flying Colours, with C. S. Forester sharing writing credits.
Captain Horatio Hornblower: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Moultrie Kelsall. During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
Captain Horatio Hornblower. Screen legend GREGORY PECK brings to life C.S. Forester's classic nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower. In 1807, unflappable Capt. Hornblower of the British Nav...
The famed 19th century hero defeats enemy fleets and courts an admiral's widow.
Captain Horatio Hornblower: Beat to Quarters / Ship of the Line / Flying Colours by C.S. Forester 4.31 · 4118 Ratings · 57 Reviews · published 1939 · 41 editions
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.
