Historical Fiction - Napoleonic Wars Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - Napoleonic Wars genre:
The Captain from Connecticut (1941)
Captain Josiah Peabody takes his frigate, Delaware, to sea in the teeth of a British blockade during the War of 1812 and proceeds to devastate British shipping in the Caribbean.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Captain from Connecticut (1941)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Jan Doubrava
Rifleman Dodd and the Gun (1942)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Warren Chappell
The Commodore (1945)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
no first name Barbola
Lord Hornblower (1946)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Andrew Wyeth
Lord Hornblower (1946)
In the process of capturing HMS Flame, which has been taken over by mutineers, Hornblower takes the port of Le Havre.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Paul Laume
Jackanapes (1948)
A young British orphan grows up to be a Captain in a cavalry regiment and gives his life for his friend on the field of battle.
Author(s):
Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
Illustrator(s):
Tasha Tudor
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Andrew Wyeth
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Val Biro
Horatio Hornblower (1952)
In the first of these two novels Hornblower leads a fleet into the Baltic in support of the Russians while in the second he returns to France and is caught up in the fighting during the Hundred Days of Napoleon’s return.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Val Biro
Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)
Hornblower ships as fifth lieutenant in HMS Renown with a mad captain on a mission to harry Spanish possession in the Caribbean. Was he pushed or did he fall?
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Val Biro
Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Val Biro
Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Ralph Pallen Coleman
A Safe Lodging (1957)
Ann Mawser lives through the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Don Bolognese
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (1958)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Dwight Shepler
Hornblower in the West Indies (1958)
Hornblower has been promoted to Rear Admiral and has been named in command of the West Indies station, i.e. the Caribbean, with a squadron consisting of three frigates and fourteen brigs and schooners.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Dwight Shepler
Young Hornblower (1960)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Andrew Wyeth
Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)
Hornblower takes up his command as part of the Channel fleet.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
David Cobb
Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
John Allan Maxwell
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