Lord Hornblower [SEP] series
Lord Hornblower
Lord Hornblower (published 1946) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester.
In 1814, Hornblower is delegated to deal with the "Flame", a brig full of mutineers off the French coast, near the mouth of the Seine. It is a tricky situation because the mutineers' demands cannot be met, but they have threatened that if a Royal Navy force tries to force their hand, they will slip into a nearby French port.
Plot summary.
Hornblower alters the
- Nicholas Fry played Hornblower in the radio series 'The Hornblower Story' in 1979/80 for the BBC (20 x 30mins). This series covers the books, 'Mr Midshipman Hornblower', 'Lieutenant Hornblower', 'Hornblower and the Hotspur' and 'Lord Hornblower'.
In other media Literary appearances.
- In the fictional setting of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" by Alan Moore, Hornblower is the equivalent of Lord Nelson, with "" depicting Hornblower's Column as one of London's most popular