The Books


Here is a list of the books, in the order in which they were written:


The Happy Return (US: Beat to Quarters)
A Ship of the Line
Flying Colours
The Commodore
Lord Hornblower
Mr Midshipman Hornblower
Hornblower and the Atropos
Lieutenant Hornblower
Hornblower in the West Indies  (US: Admiral Hornblower in the West                                                                 Indies)
Hornblower and the Hotspur
Hornblower and the Crisis (US: Hornblower in the Crisis-maybe under                                                              Hornblower During the Crisis)


Here they are in chronological order:


Mr Midshipman Hornblower
Lieutenant Hornblower
Hornblower and the Hotspur
Hornblower and the Crisis
Hornblower and the Atropos
The Happy Return
A Ship of the Line
Flying Colours
The Commodore
Lord Hornblower
Hornblower in the West Indies
*The Hornblower Companion
*The life and times of Horatio Hornblower, by C. Northcote Parkinson


* These books kinda go along with all the books (unless other wise noted the books are by C.S. Forester).



Ioan Gruffudd has recorded the books on tape :@   )
If you are interested in getting them you'll need the isbn #s for them (so you can make sure you get the right ones-you would not believe how many people have recorded them!) here thay are :


Mr. Midshipman Hornblower ISBN: 1859989756
Lieutenant Hornblower ISBN: 1859989764
Hornblower and the Hotspur ISBN: 1859989950
Hornblower and the Atropos ISBN: 1859989772
Hornblower and the Happy Return ISBN: 1859989969
Hornblower and the Ship of the Line ISBN: 1859989977
Hornblower and the Flying Colours ISBN:1859989985
The Commodore ISBN# 1859989993
Lord Hornblower ISBN#1840321008
Hornblower in the West Indies ISBN# 1840321059



There is also 'The Making of C S Forester's Horatio Hornblower' By Tom McGregor (this book is about the filming of the HH movies-with interviews
w/ the actors , stories from the set and pictures from the set) ISBN# 0-7522-1189-7


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