Fiction based around the history of Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars
The Hornblower books by C.S. Forester
[this was the original series of sea stories set in the Napoleonic Wars. They were all published by Michael Joseph in the U.K.]
Our collection is complete.
| Year: | Original Title: | Notes: |
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| 1937 | The Happy Return | "Beat to Quarters" in the USA |
| 1938 | A Ship of the Line | "Ship of the Line" in the USA |
| 1938 | Flying Colours | spelled "Flying Colors" in some U.S. editions |
| 1945 | The Commodore | "Commodore Hornblower" in the USA |
| 1946 | Lord Hornblower | |
| 1950 | Mr Midshipman Hornblower | the first in the series chronologically, introducing young Horatio Hornblower joining the fleet as a Midshipman. |
| 1952 | Lieutenant Hornblower | |
| 1952 | Horatio Hornblower omnibus edition: | [The Commodore; Lord Hornblower] |
| 1953 | Hornblower and the Atropos | |
| 1958 | Hornblower in the West Indies | "Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies" in some U.S. editions |
| 1962 | Hornblower and the Hotspur | |
| 1964 | The Young Hornblower omnibus edition: | [Mr Midshipman Hornblower; Lieutenant Hornblower; Hornblower and the Atropos |
| 1964 | The Hornblower Companion | |
| 1965 | Captain Hornblower RN omnibus edition: | [The Happy Return; A Ship of the Line; Flying Colours |
| 1967 | Hornblower and the Crisis, an unfinished novel: comprising Hornblower's Temptation and The Last Encounter | "Hornblower During the Crisis" in some U.S. editions |
| 1968 | Admiral Hornblower omnibus edition: | [Flying Colours; The Commodore; Lord Hornblower; Hornblower in the West Indies |
| 1970 | The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower (with C. Northcote Parkinson) | |
The Ramage Novels by Dudley Pope
A series of eighteen titles, in the tradition of Forester's Hornblower, Lord Nicholas Ramage starts as a junior officer in the Royal Navy in the time of the Napoleonic Wars.
| Year: | Original Title: | Notes: |
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| 1965 | Ramage | |
| 1967 | Ramage and the Drum Beat | "Drumbeat" in the USA |
| 1969 | Ramage and the Freebooters | "The Triton Brig" in the USA |
| 1973 | Governor Ramage RN | |
| 1975 | Ramage's Prize | |
| 1975 | Ramage and the Guillotine | |
| 1976 | Ramage's Diamond | |
| 1977 | Ramage's Mutiny | |
| 1978 | Ramage and the Rebels | |
| 1979 | The Ramage Touch | |
| 1980 | Ramage's Signal | |
| 1981 | Ramage and the Renegades | |
| 1982 | Ramage's Devil | |
| 1984 | Ramage's Trial | |
| 1985 | Ramage's Challenge | |
| 1986 | Ramage at Trafalgar | |
| 1988 | Ramage and the Saracens | |
| 1989 | Ramage and the Dido | |
The Aubrey-Maturin Chronicles by Patrick O'Brian
- Master and Commander - The first of the series introduces Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin.
- Post Captain
- HMS Surprise
- The Mauritius Command
- Desolation Island
- The Fortune of War
- The Surgeon's Mate
- The Ionian Mission
- Treason's Harbour
- The Far Side of the World
- The Reverse of the Medal
- The Letter of Marque
- The Thirteen-Gun Salute
- The Nutmeg of Consolation
- The Truelove
- The Wine-Dark Sea
- The Commodore
- The Yellow Admiral
- The Hundred Days
- Blue at the Mizzen
More references to naval matters may be found in:
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