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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Horatio_HornblowerHoratio Hornblower - Wikipedia

    Horatio Hornblower is a fictional officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, the protagonist of a series of novels and stories by C. S. Forester. He later became the subject of films and radio and television programmes, and C. Northcote Parkinson elaborated a "biography" of him, The True Story of Horatio Hornblower. [1]

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hornblower_(TV_series)Hornblower (TV series) - Wikipedia

    Hornblower is a series of British historical fiction war television films based on three of C. S. Forester's ten novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The series ran from 7 October 1998 until 6 January 2003, with Ioan Gruffudd in the title role.

  3. hornblower.fandom.com › wiki › Horatio_HornblowerHoratio Hornblower - Fandom

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    Hornblower, the son of a doctor, was born on 4 July 1776 (the date of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence) in Hythe, Kent. He was given a classical education, and by the time he joined the Royal Navy at age seventeen, he was well-versed in Greek and Latin. He was tutored in French by a penniless French émigré and had an ap...

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    Horatio Hornblower was chiefly characterised by his courage and integrity. He regarded himself as defiant and resourceful. His introverted nature continually isolated him from the people around him, including his closest friend, William Bush, and his wives never fully understood him. He suffered from severe seasickness, as did Horatio Nelson, at th...

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    HMS Justinian, Ship of the line, Midshipman
    HMS Indefatigable, 44-gun razé, Midshipman, Acting Lieutenant
    HMS Renown, 74-gun two-decker , Lieutenant
    HMS_Retribution, 18-gun sloop-of-war, Commander

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    All books and short stories
    Hornblower TV series portrayed by Ioan Gruffudd
    Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. portrayed by Gregory Peck
    The Hornblower Storyportrayed by John Westbrook and Derrick Gilbert

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    The Horatians discussion board (IA)
    Capitaine Hornblower (Belgian club) (IA)
    Geoff Hunt's art (IA)
    Nautical Fiction Yahoo Group (IA)

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  5. hornblower.fandom.comHornblower - Fandom

    Jun 26, 2007 · Welcome to the Horatio Hornblower Wiki! Our goal is to build a comprehensive encyclopedia for Horatio Hornblower, covering both C.S. Forester's original novels, the Hornblower TV series, and all the many other spinoffs and adaptations.

  6. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower: A Biography o…

    Jan 1, 1970 · Many know of Horatio Hornblower's exploits during the Napoleonic Wars through the novels of C.S. Forester, but how many know the true Hornblower – the man who rose from midshipman to admiral of the British Fleet?

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  7. www.historytoday.com › archive › who-was-hornblowerWho Was Hornblower? - History Today

    Oct 10, 1999 · C.S. Forester’s fictional sailor of the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Horatio Hornblower, was an immediate success when he first appeared in 1937, in The Happy Return. Sequels continued his story as he found love, promotion and worldly success.

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  9. www.britannica.com › topic › Horatio-HornblowerHoratio Hornblower | Royal Navy, Napoleonic Wars, Sea ...

    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.