Zero Audiobooks have recently uploaded all ten Hornblower books to Youtube. These are the old recordings that have been around for ages, but it's nice to have them all in one place. Links below if you're interested.

* Mr Midshipman Hornblower
* Lieutenant Hornblower
* Hornblower and the Hotspur
* Hornblower and the Atropos
* The Happy Return
* A ( Read more... )

Hey, I found it.  I'd posted it to the following_sea nearly three years ago, but somehow neglected to keep a copy in my files.  (We changed/updated our computer during that time, so perhaps it was never transfered to the new system.)  Anyway, to nearly complete this current run of reviewing the Hornblower books by C. S. Forester, here it is again.
Dave

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This took longer to write than I'd intended and wound up way longer than I expected, but I hope it came out all right.

TITLE: Era's End
RATING: PG-13 for implications.
WORD COUNT: 8,120.
PAIRING, IF ANY: Horatio Hornblower/Captain Amelia.
SPOILER WARNING: Large sections of Lord Hornblower and an oblique reference to Flying Colors.DISCLAIMER: I own ( Read more... )

I finished reading C. S. Forester's Lord Hornblower a couple of weeks ago.  Today I've have finally gotten around to writing a review of it, and present said review here.

Do be aware that there may be some "spoilers" within the review, especially for those who are planning to read the book in the near future.
Dave

Lord Hornblower
By C. S. Forester
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This scenario has been kicking around my brain for years, and has at last precipitated as a birthday fic for sarlania. I hope I have not been too cruel to Horatio...

Title: "An Overdue Interview"
Rating: PG
Characters: Hornblower/Barbara, Wellington, Richard Hornblower
Summary: 1815: After Waterloo, Hornblower is reunited with his family.
SPOILERS: Lord ( Read more... )

TITLE: You Construct Intricate Rituals Which Allow You to Touch the Skin of Other Men
AUTHOR: thehappyreturn
MEDIA: Fanfic
PAIRING: Hornblower/Bush
RATING: PG
WHY THIS MUST BE READ/SEEN: This is a glorious, gloriously angsty character study of Bush, of Hornblower, and of what was and longing for what could have been. Read it and Weep.

WARNING: Spoilers for Lord ( Read more... )

One of the first things newbies to the Hornblower fandom via the TV series wants to know is if the books are any good, and in which order should they be read. It’s a daunting thing to be confronted with so many books mostly with such horribly generic names, though I’ll imagine not as daunting if you want to pick up an O’Brian ( Read more... )

TITLE: The Old Fisherman
RATING: G
CHARACTERS: Bush, JMW Turner
WORD COUNT: 600
SPOILERS: None
DISCLAIMER: Hornblower belongs to CS Forester estate.
NOTES: An AU of sorts to Lord Hornblower. I theorized HERE that JMW Turner, the famous romantic landscape artist, must have known about William Bush, else why is it that so many of his paintings have ( Read more... )

Something sharpiefan brought up and I would like to know general opinion on the matter

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