When writer C.S. Forester penned his series around the character Horatio Hornblower, he didn’t write the books in chronological order. The first three novels were about mid-point through the series, and then […]
The Horatio Hornblower series, written by C.S. Forester, was written much the same way the Star Wars series was. Forester wrote Beat to Quarters first, and it ended up being the sixth […]
I discovered the Horatio Hornblower series after watching the mini-series on A&E a few years back. Curious as to how well the books by C.S. Forester compared to what A&E had produced, […]
George Lucas wasn’t the first to craft his Star Wars saga out of order. C.S. Forester began his Horatio Hornblower series with a novel that is now in the middle part of […]
The third book in this series by C.S. Forester easily comes in as the strongest so far. The characters who have been introduced earlier in the series build on the qualities seen […]
The second book chronologically in the Horatio Hornblower series, written by C.S. Forester, finally brings together a cohesive story coupled with plenty of adventure and intrigue. It reads much better than the […]
The A&E Network, in conjunction with British television, has apparently hit the jackpot with the Horatio Hornblower continuing series, or we wouldn’t be seeing the series continuing to this, its seventh and […]
Written by T.R. Bowen, Ben Rostul, and C.S. ForesterDirected by Andrew Grieve Nations need heroes… Heroes make the impossible believable… This two-disc set opens with Horatio (Ioan Gruffudd) imprisoned in Kingston, Jamaica […]
Written by C.S. Forester and Chris OuldDirected by Andrew Grieve The title of this piece stems from a poorly conceived expedition into France in which British troops aid Royalists in an attempt […]
Written by C.S. Forester and Patrick HarbinsonDirected by Andrew Grieve Although, in my opinion, this story is the weakest in the series of Horatio Hornblower telefilms produced for British television and the […]
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