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Historical Fiction - Napoleonic Wars Genre

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Books in the Historical Fiction - Napoleonic Wars genre:

Castors Away! (1963)

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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)

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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

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The Indomitable Hornblower (1963)

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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

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The Hornblower Companion (1964)

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The author comments on his fictional creation.

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

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The Hornblower Companion (1964)

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The author comments on his fictional creation.

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

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Time of Trial (1964)

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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)

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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

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Hornblower Goes to Sea (1965)

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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

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Hornblower’s Triumph (1965)

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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

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Hornblower’s Triumph (1965)

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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

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Admiral Hornblower (1966)

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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

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Hornblower and the Crisis (1967)

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

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

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Hornblower During the Crisis (1967)

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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

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The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower (1970)

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

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

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The Rebel (1972)

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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)

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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)

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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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