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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 1

  Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

  by C. S. Forester

  The year is 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Horatio Hornblower, a seventeen-year-old boy unschooled in seafaring and the ways of seamen, is ordered to board a French merchant ship and take command of crew and cargo for the glory of England. Though not an unqualified success, this first naval adventure teaches the young midshipman enough to launch him on a series of increasingly glorious exploits. This... (more)
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 3

  Hornblower and the Hotspur

  by C. S. Forester

  April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel. Horatio Hornblower-who, at age twenty-seven, has already distinguished himself as one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy-commands the three-masted Hotspur on a dangerous reconnaissance mission that evolves, as war breaks out, into a series of spectacular... (more)
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 5

  Hornblower and the Atropos

  by C. S. Forester

  Hornblower, newly appointed to rank and responsibility, has more than his share of concern when his ship Atropos springs a sizable leak during ceremonies honoring the passing of Lord Nelson. Hornblower has no need for the humiliation that would visit him should he deliver the venerated admiral's body to the muddy depths of the River Thames! But Hornblower skirts this disaster and sails once more for foreign... (more)
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 2

  Lieutenant Hornblower

  by C. S. Forester

  This is the seventh novel in the Horatio Hornblower saga. In it, Hornblower emerges from his apprenticeship as midshipman to assume the responsibilities that await him as a lieutenant. Chronologically this novel falls between MR. MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOWER and CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER. It works us alongside this lanky and laconic young man who distinguishes himself in his first independent command. "The young... (more)
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 11

  Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

  by C. S. Forester

  "The eleventh tale of naval adventure in C.S. Forester's Hornblower series finds Horatio Hornblower an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, he must take on pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane. The war is over, but peaceful it is not."
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 8

  Flying Colours

  by C. S. Forester

  The seventh volume in the classic naval adventure series, starring Captain Horatio Hornblower.
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 7

  Ship of the Line

  by C. S. Forester

  May 1810, seventeen years deep into the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Horatio Hornblower is newly in command of his first ship of the line, the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland, which he deems "the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy List." Moreover, she is 250 men short of a full crew, so Hornblower must enlist and train "poachers, bigamists, sheepstealers," and other landlubbers. By the time the... (more)
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 10

  Lord Hornblower

  by C. S. Forester

  "In this, the tenth volume in C.S. Forester's series of classic naval adventure tales, Horatio Hornblower must rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew--a dubious chore, but one that leads Hornblower, with the aid of his old love, Marie, to the glorious conclusion of his own battle with Napoleon."
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 9

  Commodore Hornblower

  by C. S. Forester

  "In this ninth installment in the Hornblower series, the incomparable Horatio Hornblower, recently knighted and settled in as squire of the village of Smallbridge, has been designated commodore of his own squadron of ships, led by the two-decker Nonsuch and bound for the Baltic. It is 1812, and Hornblower has been ordered to do anything and everything possible, diplomatically and militarily, to protect the Baltic... (more)
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 4

  Hornblower During the Crisis

  by C. S. Forester

  This last-written adventure of Horatio Hornblower finds him still a captain; the Napoleonic Wars rage on. Though the tale was incomplete at Forester's death, it offers a full measure of action at sea.
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 6

  Beat to Quarters

  by C. S. Forester

  a.k.a. The Happy ReturnAnother exciting addition to our growing collection of sea stories, BEAT TO QUARTERS is a favorite among devotees of Horatio Hornblower, England's most durable sailor. The creation of C.S. Forester (AFRICAN QUEEN, THE GOOD SHEPHERD), Hornblower is known and admired throughout the Western world. Winston Churchill was a notable enthusiast; he mentioned Hornblower in his WW II memoirs.... (more)
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  The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower

  A Biography of C.S. Forester's Famous Naval Hero

  by Cyril Northcote Parkinson

  Horatio Hornblower, the central character in C.S.Forester's series of twelve celebrated novels set in the age of fighting sail when Britannia ruled the waves, has achieved cult status alongside the novels of Patrick O'Brian and Alexander Kent. In this acclaimed fictional biography chronicling Hornblower's rise from a midshipman in 1794 to a revered admiral admiral of the fleet in 1847, Northcote Parkinson has... (more)
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  The Hornblower Companion

  by C. S. Forester

  In this beautifully illustrated book, the popular novelist provides a historical naval context to the adventures of the hero of his many books, Horatio Hornblower. Thirty-full-page maps help the reader follow Hornblower's world travels and decorative sketches convey the atmosphere as well as the actions. Originally published in England in 1964, the book explains how Forester assembled his plots and what... (more)
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  Captain Horatio Hornblower

  by C. S. Forester

  Boston MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. stated thirty fourth printing. With drawings by N.C. Wyeth - between the three parts in one volume: Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, Flying Colours. Hardcover is VG, foxing to rough cut edges, ink date on half-title page, nice binding, very minor wear to boards, a very light storage odor perhaps. Jacket is all intact, original price $5.00 not clipped, some wear/chips... (more)
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  The Young Hornblower

  Mr Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the 'Hotspur'

  by C. S. Forester

  The Young Hornblower - a truly formidable force in His Majesty's Service. The seventeen-year-old Hornblower became notorious as soon as he stepped on board ship - as the midshipman who was seasick in Spithead. But he was soon to gain his sea legs. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble.... (more)
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  Captain Hornblower R.N.

  Hornblower and the Atropos / The Happy Return / A Ship of the Line

  by C. S. Forester

  "Hornblower and the Atropos" - Skippering the flagship for Nelson's funeral on the Thames is not Hornblower's idea of thrilling action. But soon his orders come, and he sets sail for the Mediterranean in the Atropos. 'Battle, storm, shipwreck, disease - what were the chances that he would never come back again?' "The Happy Return" - Hornblower sails the South American waters and comes face to face with a mad,... (more)
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  The Indomitable Hornblower - Commodore Hornblower, Lord Hornblower, Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

  by C. S. (Cecil Scott) Forester

  640 pages8 1/2"L/5 3/4"W blue cloth like hard cover
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  Captain Horatio Hornblower - Three Novels - Flying Colors, Ship-of-the-line, Beat to Quarters

  by C.S. Forester

  This is the 3 Vol Set in a Slipcover. The volumes and slipcover are a dull green.
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  Horatio Hornblower

  Horatio Hornblower 1 - 11.

  by C. S. Forester

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  Happy Return

  by C. S. Forester

  Sailing the frigate "Lydia" in South American waters, Captain Hornblower has orders to sink the "Natividad", a Spanish two-decker. But this proves the least of his worries, for he is also commanded to aid the revolutionary El Supremo, a madman whose bestialities stagger the Spanish authorities.