Horatio Hornblower
/həˌreɪʃiəʊ ˈhɔːnbləʊə(r)/
/həˌreɪʃiəʊ ˈhɔːrnbləʊər/
- the main character in a series of novels by the English writer C S Forester. Hornblower is an officer in the British Navy during the wars against Napoleon in the early 19th century. A television series of the stories began in 1998.
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