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Horatio Hornblower - Movies, Music, Fashion, Sports - Posted: 16th Jul, 2008 - 8:10am
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Horatio Hornblower
Okay, I think I found my all time favorite movie series!
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| Admiral of the Fleet Horatio Hornblower, 1st Baron Hornblower, RN is a fictional protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs. Ernest Hemingway is quoted as saying, "I recommend Forester to everyone literate I know." Hornblower is iconic in Age of Sail traditional naval fiction, and any writer in the genre must deal with comparisons to Forester. There are many parallels between Hornblower and real naval officers of the period, especially Thomas Cochrane and Horatio Nelson. The name "Horatio" was inspired by the character in William Shakespeare's Hamlet and chosen also because of its association with contemporary figures such as Nelson. At the same time, Forester wrote the body of the works carefully to avoid entanglements with real world history, so Hornblower is always off on another mission when a great naval victory occurs during the Napoleonic Wars; concurrently, whatever he has Hornblower dealing with is usually important too, if less heralded. |
I love this--has anyone else seen it? It was on A&E run as a mini-series or something like that. My dad had the whole DVD set and we watched them on vacation! LOVED IT!
I still have the last two to watch since I had to leave! You know what I will be doing sometime tomorrow night when they all get back! !
Oh and for the ladies, just to tell you, we have nicknamed him "Horatio Heart-throb!"
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I KNOW! I found it at a garage sale yesterday! LUCKY ME! Maybe that is why I did so good at RISK today!
I really loved the series though and I think we should bring them to womens conference and watch them straight through!
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