C.S. Forester - Horatio Hornblower Series - Themers Club : Computers , Mobiles and Web Development Themes

henry15112010 · #1 08-13-2014, 10:14 AM

Horatio Hornblower is a fictional Napoleonic Wars era Royal Navy officer who is the protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester. He was later the subject of films, radio and television programs.

The original Hornblower tales began with the 1937 novel The Happy Return (U.S. title Beat to Quarters) with the appearance of a junior Royal Navy captain on independent duty on a secret mission to Central America, though later stories would fill out his earlier years, starting with an unpromising beginning as a seasick midshipman. As the Napoleonic Wars progress, he gains promotion steadily as a result of his skill and daring, despite his initial poverty and lack of influential friends. Eventually, after surviving many adventures in a wide variety of locales, he rises to the pinnacle of his profession, promoted to Admiral of the Fleet, knighted as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB), and named the 1st Baron Hornblower.

Ernest Hemingway is quoted as saying, "I recommend Forester to everyone literate I know," and Winston Churchill stated, "I find Hornblower admirable."

You can choose to read them in Chronological order, or in the order they were written, which I prefer:
1937 - The Happy Return
1938 - A Ship of the Line
1938 - Flying Colours
1945 - The Commodore
1946 - Lord Hornblower
1950 - Mr Midshipman Hornblower
1951 - Lieutenant Hornblower
1953 - Hornblower and the Atropos
1957 - Hornblower in the West Indies
1962 - Hornblower and the Hotspur
1967 - Hornblower and the Crisis

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