Publication Order of Horatio Hornblower Books

11 Books By C.S. Forester

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11 Books

1

The Happy Return / Beat to Quarters
1937

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2

Ship of the Line
1938

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3

Flying Colours
1938

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4

The Commodore / Commodore Hornblower
1945

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5

Lord Hornblower
1946

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6

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
1950

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7

Lieutenant Hornblower
1952

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8

Hornblower and the Atropos
1953

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9

Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies / Hornblower in the West Indies
1957

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10

Hornblower and the Hotspur
1962

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11

Hornblower During the Crisis / Hornblower and the Crisis
1967

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Horatio Hornblower Horatio Hornblower is the protagonist in a series of naval adventure novels by English novelist C.S. Forester . The series is set during the Napoleonic Wars. Horatio begins the series as a junior captain with the Royal Navy on a secret mission to Central America. As the series goes on, he moves up the ranks of the Royal Navy. Winston Churchill once said that he found the character “admirable.”