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Horatio Hornblower

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Noun1.Horatio Hornblower - a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester
Captain Horatio Hornblower


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This historical sea action/adventure novel will appeal to fans of Horatio Hornblower and other fictional and real naval heroes of that era.
Havoc's Sword by Boyd, John E. / Kliatt
Forester (not to say film makers who, half a century later, bastardized two of his books for TV) used the same historical material quite differently, as a forum for the development of his fictional youthful Horatio Hornblower character.
The Music of the Spheres: a Novel by Hodgins, Pete / Reviewer's Bookwatch
In Horatio Hornblower he had created a seafarer with whom readers could empathize: a cerebral hero (aren't we all?
West Winds by Gibbs, Tony / BOAT/U.S. Magazine
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