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 ...

The exploits of one of Britain's greatest fictional naval adventurers have been filmed by Warner with spectacular success. Captain Horatio Hornblower has been brought to the screen as effervescent ...

FICTIONAL English naval hero Horatio Hornblower was in fact based on a Scots admiral, it has been revealed. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to ...

Capt. Jack Aubrey has competition on the high seas, and not just from Napoleon’s fleet. Horatio Hornblower, the resourceful young captain of HMS Hotspur and star of a new A&E mini-series on Tuesday ...

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 ...

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 ...

I'm an incredibly anal reviewer sometimes; I'll give you that. One of the things that bothers me the most is a poor adaptation of a book to a movie format. Well, dear readers, I take after my father, ...