http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/-t1.htm A forum to discuss the Horatio Hornblower novels of C S Forester Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:21:13 GMT 10 http://i87.servimg.com/u/f87/12/87/25/71/shipba10.gif http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/-t1.htm http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/the-hornblower-companion-t438.htm Borrelpeff Bought a second-hand hardback edition of this recently (the title seems to be hard to get new, certainly in the UK). Divided into two halves, the first gives details and historical background to each book, complete with diagrams and maps. The second is an informal narrative by CSF about how each of the books came to be written. It is a fascinating insight into the life of a very formal writer. He was taken seriously ill, and suffered one heart attack during the series, (which he had thought to ... C S Forester: Horatio Hornblower Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:21:13 GMT http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/the-hornblower-companion-t438.htm#989 http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/the-hornblower-companion-t438.htm http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/c-s-forester-hornblower-series-t2.htm Astrodene This series of books is where I started my interest in naval fiction. My father bought me one many,many,many.... years ago and i've been hooked ever since. Most of the copies I have are from the old mermaid series. It's just a shame there are so few of them. C S Forester: Horatio Hornblower Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:51:15 GMT http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/c-s-forester-hornblower-series-t2.htm#2 http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/c-s-forester-hornblower-series-t2.htm http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/other-forester-books-t137.htm Astrodene The Hornblower pages on the website were among the first I added to my old homepage site years ago. I didn't really look into the author. Have now had a look and he seems to have a lot of books but not all in the age of sail (land based & WWII ones). So far I've found Factual books: 'The Naval War of 1812' (first published as 'The age of fighting sail'), 'The Barbary Pirates' and 'The Adventures of John Wetherell.' Fiction books: 'The Captain from Connecticut' (set in 1812) and ... C S Forester: Horatio Hornblower Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:07:30 GMT http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/other-forester-books-t137.htm#176 http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/other-forester-books-t137.htm http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/another-hornblower-story-t55.htm Borrelpeff Hornblower's Charitable Offering is set in HMS Sutherland, and is one of many shorts that Forester wrote to pad out the series. The book, which contains stories from many well known writers, and has an intro from Kent, is published by Robinsons, ISBN 1-84119-060-8]]> C S Forester: Horatio Hornblower Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:57:51 GMT http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/another-hornblower-story-t55.htm#64 http://www.historicnavalfiction.net/c-s-forester-horatio-hornblower-f3/another-hornblower-story-t55.htm