Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

Volume One of the enormously popular Horatio Hornblower Saga. Seventeen year old Horatio joins the British Navy as a midshipmen to fight against Napoleon and his tyranny of Europe. Duels, imprisonment, shipwrecked sailors, naval battles – this is where it all begins.

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Lieutenant Hornblower

Hornblower has advanced from a midshipmen to the rank of a junior lieutenant in Volume 2 of the Hornblower saga. Hornblower and other junior officers must take command of the ship when their disturbed captain falls through a hatch and is seriously injured. Shore invasions of the West Indies, an escaped Spanish crew, and Hornblower's court martial make this another exciting Hornblower read.

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Hornblower and the Hotspur

In Volume 3, Hornblower gets married and takes his first command as Master and Commander of the HMS Hotspur to further thwart the ambitions of Napoleon. The exploits that have brought him praise and notice contrast with his concerns about his new wife and mother-in-law.

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Hornblower and the Atropos

In Volume 5, Hornblower is called upon to act as a bargeman while traveling with his wife and baby son to London where he is to take command of the Atropos. Soon he is recovering treasure that lies deep in Turkish waters and challenging a Spanish frigate.

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Captain Horatio Hornblower

8 weeks a New York Times bestseller. The first three novels written about the shy, self-doubting, but outwardly implacable Hornblower who is a Captain in the British navy and is swept up in a whirlwind of naval action, a secret mission to support a revolution, capture, imprisonment, romance thwarted and romance discovered.

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Commodore Hornblower

In Volume 9, Captain Hornblower is promoted to Commodore and is off on a new adventure to the Baltic. Raids, assignations, a siege, an attempted assassination by a member of his crew, and typhus make this another great Hornblower adventure.

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Lord Hornblower

In Volume 10 Hornblower is sent to quell a mutiny in France and later launches a daring guerrilla campaign against Napoleon with an old lover at his side. Treachery, betrayal and heartbreak await Hornblower in both his personal and professional life.

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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

A New York Times bestseller. Horatio Hornblower, now Admiral, sails over seas as challenging as any in his victorious career. In this tense time after Napoleon's defeat, all kinds of vagabonds, revolutionaries, Imperial Guards and pirates come sailing into the waters where Hornblower is working his small contingent of naval vessels to preserve the peace and eliminate piracy.

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The Age of Fighting Sail

9 weeks a New York Times bestseller. C.S. Forester's distinguished account of the Anglo-American naval war of 1812. The Age of Fighting Sail/ is a shrewd and skillful telling of a complex war that altered the course of history. A must read for lovers of history and wooden sailing ships.