The action of the Hornblower saga, a series of eleven novels and several short stories by C. S. Forester, begins in 1794. At that point in his life, Horatio Hornblower is a penniless, orphaned ...

As I mentioned a few years ago, I love Naomi Novik's Temeraire books. Horatio Hornblower with dragons about summarizes the general theme (the lead character is quite Hornblower-like), but of course ...

Peter Weir did more than just read Patrick O’Brian’s books when he began pre-production on his seagoing adventure film, “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.” For more practical advice, ...

LIEUTENANT HORNBLOWER (306 pp.)—C. S. Forester—Little, Brown ($3.50). Foul was the night, and black the situation. Four hundred desperate Spaniards, crammed captive in the hold, had rushed in dead of ...

Look lively. “Horatio Hornblower” is about to set sail again. Returning to A&E; in a fine follow-up to 1999’s Emmy-winning miniseries, the heroic 19th century naval officer finds himself facing a ...

COMMODORE HORNBLOWER — C. S. Forester — Little, Brown ($2.50). “Get out my best uniform and sword! Have the horses put to in my chariot!” bellowed Captain Sir Horatio Hornblower when the Admiralty ...

Still serving aboard the HMS Indefatigable, Horatio Hornblower has been promoted to acting Lieutenant. Neutral Spain has concluded a peace treaty with France and the British now have another enemy to ...

Hornblower is back. The British Navy's go-to guy returns to television in two new A&E films this Sunday and next, making loyalty, honor and principle more fashionable than Tony Soprano for at least a ...

I just reread Victory of Eagles, one of my favorite books in Naomi Novik's excellent nine-book Temeraire series, and thought I'd briefly blog again about how much I like them. The books are set in ...

Men without women, getting wet – after Melville, Sinbad, and the Greeks, I thought I had exhausted my interest in this subject. I wasn’t even a childhood reader of C. S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower ...