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1) Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Horatio Hornblower saga volume 1
The Hornblower saga

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD Audiobook, eAudiobook

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Horatio Hornblower is only seventeen when he joins His Majesty's Royal Navy as a Midshipman. He's dangerously unschooled in seafaring and the ways of seamen, but he's saved by his quick, mathematical mind and keen eye ... This is where it all begins-- where young Hornblower gets his sea legs and shows the makings of the legend he will later become.

2) Captain Horatio Hornblower

Author

Forester, C. S

Language

English

3) Flying colours

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Horatio Hornblower saga volume 7
(Cecil Scott),Hornblower

Language

English

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A prisoner of the French after he was forced to surrender his ship, Captain Horatio Hornblower faces a trial by his captor, if he can escape, a court-martial back in England

4) Hornblower and the Atropos

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Horatio Hornblower saga volume 4
(Cecil Scott),Hornblower volume 5

Language

English

Formats

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A series of episodes in the early life of Captain Hornblower.

5) Hornblower and the Hotspur

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Horatio Hornblower saga volume 3
Back Bay Books
(Cecil Scott),Hornblower volume 3

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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Preparation for war against the French, daring commando-style raids and the rigors of naval discipline tests Hornblower's ingenuity and courage to the limit.

6) Lord Hornblower

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Horatio Hornblower saga volume 9

Language

English

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Once again the indomitable Hornblower risks his career in the fight against Napoleon. Allied with him is his old love Marie. She is by no means the least of the obstacles in the way of his return to the arms of Lady Barbara.

7) Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Horatio Hornblower saga volume 10

Language

English

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As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Admiral Hornblower faces pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.

8) Lieutenant Hornblower

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Horatio Hornblower saga volume 2

Language

English

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A gripping, rip-roaring tale of turmoil and triumph on the high seas.

9) Commodore Hornblower

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Horatio Hornblower saga volume 8

Language

English

Description

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These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly enteratining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know", are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions.

10) Beat to quarters

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Horatio Hornblower saga volume 5

Pub. Date

[1966]

Physical Desc

324 pages ; 20 cm

Language

English

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"Hornblower, uncertain of his abilities, receives orders to go to the Pacific coast of Central America where he fights two successful battles with the same Spanish frigate."*** "Captain Hornblower has been ordered to find a water route across the Central American isthmus and destroy a fifty-gun Spanish ship, but Hornblower finds himself distracted by his newest passenger, the beautiful Lady Barbara Wellesley." June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua...

11) Young Hornblower: three complete novels: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower, Hornblower and the Atropos

Author

Forester, C. S

Pub. Date

[1960]

Physical Desc

672 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

Description

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At age 17, Horatio Hornblower embarks upon the career which will eventually carry him into a dozen major campaigns during the Napoleonic wars.

12) Hornblower during the crisis, and two stories: Hornblower's temptation and The last encounter

Author

Forester, C. S

Pub. Date

[1967]

Physical Desc

174 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

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Captain Hornblower struggles to do his part to bring glory and victory to England during the Napoleonic Wars.

13) Hornblower during the crisis

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Horatio Hornblower saga volume 11
Forester C. S volume 4

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD Audiobook

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After two hard years on blockade at Brest, Captain Hornblower has relinquished the helm of the Hotspur.

14) The sky and the forest

Author

Forester, C. S

Pub. Date

1948.

Physical Desc

313 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

Description

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Loa was like a god in Central Africa until King Leopold's agents arrived from Europe and sacked his kingdom.

15) The Barbary pirates

Author

Forester, C. S

Series

Sterling point books

Pub. Date

[2007]

Physical Desc

161 pages : maps ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Examines the history of the Barbary pirates, and discusses their relationship with the United States Navy in the early years of the country's entry into the shipping trade.