FICTIONAL English naval hero Horatio Hornblower was in fact based on a Scots admiral, it has been revealed. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to ...

The action of the Hornblower saga, a series of eleven novels and several short stories by C. S. Forester, begins in 1794. At that point in his life, Horatio Hornblower is a penniless, orphaned ...

As I mentioned a few years ago, I love Naomi Novik's Temeraire books. Horatio Hornblower with dragons about summarizes the general theme (the lead character is quite Hornblower-like), but of course ...

LOS ANGELES -- Horatio Hornblower had to sail to America to find true appreciation. A&E's miniseries about the exploits of an early 19th-century British naval officer was greeted with relative ...

Still serving aboard the HMS Indefatigable, Horatio Hornblower has been promoted to acting Lieutenant. Neutral Spain has concluded a peace treaty with France and the British now have another enemy to ...

Hornblower is back. The British Navy's go-to guy returns to television in two new A&E films this Sunday and next, making loyalty, honor and principle more fashionable than Tony Soprano for at least a ...

Look lively. “Horatio Hornblower” is about to set sail again. Returning to A&E; in a fine follow-up to 1999’s Emmy-winning miniseries, the heroic 19th century naval officer finds himself facing a ...

I was just rereading one of my favorite series, Naomi Novik’s Temeraire books. Horatio Hornblower with dragons about summarizes the general theme (the lead character is quite Hornblower-like), but of ...

Forester wrote 11 books about fictional Royal Navy officer Hornblower The Pursued - a crime novel written in 1935 by Horatio Hornblower creator CS Forester that was thought lost - is to be published ...

He won a legion of female fans as Horatio Hornblower, starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic, and was critically acclaimed in the role of slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce in Amazing ...

He made his name with tales of valiant battles fought by his naval hero, Horatio Hornblower. But CS Forester's hidden talent as a racy thriller writer with a penchant for steamy scenes and risqué plot ...