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They share adventures, and the wealthy Bracegirdle occasionally shares clothing with his impoverished shipmate. Vincent, British Foreign Secretary the Marquess Wellesley, Russian Czar Alexander I, Minister Anthony Merry, Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz, Military Governor of Riga Ivan Nikolaevich Essen, and many others, especially in "Commodore.Used Very Good (1 available) Used book that is in excellent condition. Midshipman Hornblower, Bracegirdle is a fellow midshipmen and a friend to the title character aboard HMS Indefatigable. Real people in the Horatio Hornblower books: Napoleon, King George, Captain Edward Pellew, Admiral William Cornwallis, Lord St.Unlimited listening to the Plus Catalogue - thousands of select Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks. As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea. Lieutenant Gerard: Hornblower's second lieutenant. Forester Narrated by: Christian Rodska Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins 4.7 (1,434 ratings) Try for £0.00 One credit a month, good for any title to download and keep. 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command.William Bush: The narrator who lets us see Horatio Hornblower through another person's eyes.They fall in love when he is obligated to transport her on the ship. She's the (fictional) sister to the Duke of Wellington, and he finds her fascinating. Lady Barbara Wellesley: Hornblower's second wife, a quality match for the leader he has become through his naval service.She grieves when he has to go back to sea. She was the daughter of his landlady and helps him through his troubled peacetime.

Maria: Horatio Hornblower's first wife and mother of his child.

He understands the leadership of men and military chain of command but doesn't fare so well when he has to relate to women or function on land, like Odysseus. He may have started life as a poor boy lacking influential friends, but courage and skill in battle forge his character and leadership abilities, eventually rising to the rank of rear admiral.

Horatio Hornblower: The series tells the story of this navy leader from the time he enters service as a 17-year-old boy through the death of his first wife and the near-death of his second. 30K views 2 years ago The first of C.