Introduction Duty is the Eighth of eight Hornblower television adaptations relating the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, the protagonist in a series of novels and short stories by C.S. Forester. It is based on the books by C.S. Forester, particularly Hornblower and the Hotspur. Outline Commander Horatio Hornblower, captain of HMS Hotspur, and Maria Mason are… Read More
Introduction Loyalty is the seventh of eight Hornblower television adaptations relating the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, the protagonist in a series of novels and short stories by C.S. Forester. It is based on the books by C.S. Forester, particularly Hornblower and the Hotspur. Outline The film starts out in 1803 in Cape Clear, Ireland, where… Read More
Introduction Retribution is the sixth of eight Hornblower television adaptations relating the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, the protagonist in a series of novels and short stories by C.S. Forester. It is a continuation of Mutiny (previous film) and is based on the 1952 book Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester. Outline In January 1802 in Kingston,… Read More
Introduction Mutiny is the fifth of eight Hornblower television adaptations relating the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, the protagonist in a series of novels and short stories by C.S. Forester. It is based on the 1952 book Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester. Outline In 1802 in Kingston, Jamaica, Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower is imprisoned on a charge… Read More
Introduction The Frogs and Lobsters is the fourth of eight Hornblower television adaptations relating the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, the protagonist in a series of novels and short stories by C.S. Forester. The Frogs and the Lobsters is the name given to this second film in the United Kingdom, while in the United States it… Read More
Introduction The Duchess and the Devil is the third of eight Hornblower television adaptations relating the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, the protagonist in a series of novels and short stories by C.S. Forester. The story is loosely based on C.S. Forester’s novel Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, chapter “Hornblower, the Duchess, and the Devil”. Outline Acting Lieutenant… Read More
Introduction The Examination for Lieutenant is the second of eight Hornblower television adaptations relating the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, the protagonist in a series of novels and short stories by C.S. Forester. The Examination for Lieutenant is the name given to this second film in the United Kingdom, while in the United States it is… Read More
Introduction The Even Chance is the first of eight Hornblower television adaptations relating the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, the protagonist in a series of novels and short stories by C.S. Forester. The Even Chance is the name given to this first film in the United Kingdom, while in the United States it is known as… Read More
Introduction Hornblower is a series of British historical fiction war television films based on three of C.S. Forester’s ten novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The series ran from 07 October 1998 until 06 January 2003, with Ioan Gruffudd in the title role.… Read More
Introduction La Marseillaise is a French film of 1938, directed by Jean Renoir. A vast political, social, and military panorama of the French Revolution up to the autumn of 1792, its many episodes range from the life of ordinary working people through the committed bourgeois struggling for change up to those in the upper echelons… Read More
