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Historical Fiction - Napoleonic Wars Genre

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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)

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. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Jan Doubrava

Rifleman Dodd and the Gun (1942)

In the first of these two novels of the Peninsular campaign, a British infantryman is separated from his regiment and has to fight his way back through hostile territory. The Gun follows the fates of the men who use it to drive the French out of Spai... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Warren Chappell

The Commodore (1945)

Captain Sir Horatio Hornblower, R.N. leads a squadron of British naval vessels on a military and diplomatic mission in the Baltic Sea. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): no first name Barbola

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

Lord Hornblower (1946)

In the process of capturing HMS Flame, which has been taken over by mutineers, Hornblower takes the port of Le Havre. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Andrew Wyeth

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)

The future admiral begins his career in the Justinian and is seasick off Spithead.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Val Biro

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950)

The future admiral begins his career in the Justinian and is seasick off Spithead. Read online at archive.org.  ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Andrew Wyeth

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)

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? Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)

Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C. S. Forester. Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea. Rea... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Ralph Pallen Coleman

Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)

Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C. S. Forester. Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Val Biro

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)

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. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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)

An omnibus containing Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower and Hornblower and the Atropos. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): John Allan Maxwell

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

Castors Away! (1963)

The Henchman family is caught up in events surrounding the climactic battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hester Burton
Illustrator(s): Victor Ambrus

Hornblower Goes to Sea (1963)

This omnibus edition of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and Lieutenant Hornblower has been edited for younger readers in this first volume of the Cadet Edition. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

The Indomitable Hornblower (1963)

This omnibus includes Commodore Hornblower (The Commodore), Lord Hornblower, and Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (Hornblower in the West Indies).... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Dwight Shepler
Andrew Wyeth

The Hornblower Companion (1964)

The author comments on his fictional creation.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Samuel Bryant

The Hornblower Companion (1964)

The author comments on his fictional creation.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Samuel Bryant

Time of Trial (1964)

Margaret Pargeter's bookseller father is found guilty of treason and she must leave London to follow him.

 

Author(s): Hester Burton
Illustrator(s): Victor Ambrus

The Young Hornblower (1964)

An omnibus containing Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower, Hornblower and the Hotspur and Hornblower and the Crisis.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Hornblower Goes to Sea (1965)

This omnibus edition of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and Lieutenant Hornblower has been edited for younger readers in this first volume of the Cadet Edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

Hornblower’s Triumph (1965)

This omnibus edition of Commodore Hornblower (The Commodore) and Lord Hornblower is edited for younger readers and is Volume 4 of the Cadet Edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

Hornblower’s Triumph (1965)

This omnibus edition of Commodore Hornblower (The Commodore) and Lord Hornblower is edited for younger readers and is Volume 4 of the Cadet Edition.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

Admiral Hornblower (1966)

Omnibus edition of Flying Colours, The Commodore, Lord Hornblower and Hornblower in the West Indies.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Charles Gorham

Hornblower and the Crisis (1967)

An unfinished novel and two uncollected short stories about the intrepid Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Hornblower During the Crisis (1967)

An unfinished novel and two uncollected short stories about the intrepid Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Samuel Bryant

The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower (1970)

This biography of the Admiral fills in gaps in the saga.

Author(s): C. Northcote Parkinson
Illustrator(s): G. Chambers

The Rebel (1972)

Stephen Parkin decides to see what is going on in France during the Revolution, and wishes he hadn't.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Hester Burton
Illustrator(s): Victor Ambrus

Riders of the Storm (1973)

Stephen Parkin, fresh from his encounter with the French revolutionaries, takes a position as teacher in a new free school in Manchester, England and is accused and put on trial as a revolutionary. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hester Burton
Illustrator(s): Victor Ambrus

C. S. Forester’s Hornblower One More Time (1978)

Three uncollected Hornblower short stories and two essays by C. S. Forester. Fifty copies were accompanied by a pamphlet called ‘Hornblower’s Birthplace.’... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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