Gregory Peck
Capt. Horatio Hornblower R.N
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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.
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 ...
14 primary works • 32 total works. The novels, in chronological order. Book 1. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. by C.S. Forester. 4.17 · 17,537 Ratings · 1,170 Reviews · published 1950 · 69 editions. Here we meet Horatio Hornblower, a young man of 17… Want to Read. Rate it: Book 2. Lieutenant Hornblower. by C.S. Forester.
Capt. Horatio Hornblower (Gregory Peck) helms the HMS Lydia for a treacherous transatlantic mission near the dawn of the 19th century, during which his faithful...
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Horatio Hornblower was an officer in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Clever, but unhappy for most of his life, he found fame and fortune as a hero of the Navy. Contents. 1 Biography. 1.1 Early career. 1.2 Later career. 2 Traits and Personality. 3 Hornblower's Ships. 4 Appearances. 5 External links. Biography.
Horatio Hornblower is the fictional naval hero created by C. S. Forester in 1937 who appears in a number of novels set during the Napoleonic Wars. Hornblower is not based on an actual person but inspired by a variety of naval events and officers.
