Combines seafaring tales about Horatio Hornblower, namely: Flying Colours , The Commodore , Lord Hornblower and Hornblower in the West Indies .

The seventeen year old Hornblower became infamous as soon as he stepped on board ship as the midshipman who was seasick in the Spithead, but things were soon to change. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble.

Presents the story that tells of Napoleon's plans to invade England. This book features the story in which Horatio Hornblower is in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte after a vicious hand-to-hand encounter with a French brig. The admiralty rewards Hornblower by sending him on a dangerous espionage mission.

The seventeen-year-old Hornblower became notorious as soon as he stepped on board ship - as the midshipman who was seasick in Spithead. But he was soon to gain his sea legs. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble.

Includes the stories Hornblower and the Atropos , The Happy Return , and A Ship of the Line .

It is May, 1810 - and thirty-nine-year-old Captain, Horatio Hornblower has been handed his first ship of the line. Though the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland is 'the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy', Hornblower knows that by the time Sutherland and her squadron reach the blockaded Catalonian coast, every seaman will do his duty.

After near disaster on board a canal barge, Horatio Hornblower is given his first assignment as Captain, taking charge of the Atropos. Soon the Atropos is part of the Mediterranean fleet's assault upon Napoleon, and Captain Hornblower must execute a bold and daring salvage operation for buried treasure lying deep in Turk waters.

It is June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain, Horatio Hornblower has his hands full. Now, in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo; and to find a water route across the Central American isthmus.

Dispatched to northern waters to protect Britain's Baltic interests, Horatio Hornblower must halt the advance of Napoleon's empire into Sweden and Russia. With the fate of Europe balanced on a knife edge, the responsibility lies heavy on a Commodore's shoulders. This is the eighth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of Horatio Hornblower.

The nineteenth century dawns and the Napoleonic Wars rage as Horatio Hornblower faces the fury of the French and Spanish fleets combined. While blood and violence flow thick and fast, the aftermath of war promises intrigue of an entirely different order: Maria, a young senorita, who might just soften the steely resolve of a young lieutenant.

Part of a series which chronicles great characters throughout history up to the present day.

One vital convoy can break Mussolini's stranglehold on Malta, but it is intercepted in the Mediterranean by enemy warships. This work recounts life aboard a British warship during some of the darkest days of the Second World War, capturing the urgency of the blazing guns, the rupturing of deck plates, the screams of pain and the shouts of triumph.

Sir Horatio Hornblower has received strict orders to embark upon a grave and perilous mission to recapture the Flame in the Bay of Seine, where the brutal and foul-tempered Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick is being held prisoner by a mutinous crew. Rescuing the Lieutenant demands all of Horatio's spirit and seafaring prowess.

Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio takes a three-master on a vital reconnaissance mission. On the day of his marriage, Hornblower is ordered to head for Brest - war is coming and Napoleon will not catch His Majesty's navy with its britches round its ankles. This is the third of eleven books chronicling the adventures of Horatio Hornblower.

A humiliated and shipless captive of the French, Horatio Hornblower faces execution unless he can escape and make a triumphant return to England. With little hope for the future and little left to lose, Hornblower throws caution to the wind once more. This is the seventh of eleven books chronicling the adventures of Horatio Hornblower.

A beautifully illustrated companion to Hornblower's fictional career describing and illustrating all the main incidents in the ten novels. Published to coincide with the screening on TV of a new Hornblower series.

As an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the French wars, Horatio Hornblower must still face savage pirates, reckless revolutionaries and a violent hurricane. Hornblower will need every ounce of his rapier wit and quick thinking to ensure that the lasting peace in Europe reaches the turbulent seas of the West Indies.