Horatio Hornblower - Bibliography

Bibliography

Title Publication Year Approximate Period of Setting Notes
The Happy Return 1937 1808 Published as Beat to Quarters in the U.S.
A Ship of the Line 1938 1810 Published as Ship of the Line in the U.S.
Flying Colours 1938 1810–1811 Published as Flying Colors in some U.S. editions
The Hand of Destiny 1940 1800/1803 Short story published in Collier's. Lieutenant Hornblower negotiates a mutiny
Hornblower's Charitable Offering 1941 1810 Also known as The Bad Samaritan. Short story published published in Argosy. Originally intended as a chapter for A Ship of the Line (Captain Hornblower encounters marooned prisoners of war)
Hornblower and His Majesty 1941 1812 Short story published in Collier's, March 1940, and in Argosy, March 1941. Hornblower, commanding the royal yacht Augusta, must take the King on a voyage in the English Channel, amidst the peril of American privateers
The Commodore 1945 1812 Published as Commodore Hornblower in the U.S.
Lord Hornblower 1946 1813–1814
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 1950 1794–1798
Lieutenant Hornblower 1952 1800–1803
Hornblower and the Atropos 1953 1805–1808
Hornblower in the West Indies 1958 1821–1823 Published as Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies in some U.S. editions
Hornblower and the Hotspur 1962 1803–1805
Hornblower and the Crisis 1967 1805 Unfinished novel
Hornblower and the Widow McCool 1967 1799 Short story
The Last Encounter 1967 1848 Short story

Another short story "The Point And The Edge" is included as an outline only in Forester's The Hornblower Companion (1964)

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