All Next year will mark the 200th anniversary of Hornblower's most famous action on 20th and 21st July 1808 when in command of the Frigate Lydia of thirty-six...
Steve
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Nov 4, 2007 5:32 pm
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Reminder from: Hornblower-L Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/cal Anniversary of Denis O'Dea's death Monday November 5, 2007 All Day ...
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Nov 4, 2007 10:56 pm
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Steve, I can't tell you how much I *love* this idea. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to make it this year due to prior commitments, but I'll do everything...
Steve, it's a charming idea! Unfortunately I'm not in the right part of the world to make attending easy. Otherwise I'd brush up my whist and be there. ...
Steve, I'll forward your idea to the Bolito group. Dave Bennett Aldergrove, BC "I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary...
Having read and re-read the Hornblower, Aubrey and Bolitho books, I am looking for more titles in the genre..is anyone familiar with the Nathanial Drinkwater...
I liked Drinkwater, though I thought the later volumes got kind of boring so I never did read the last couple of books in the series. I started losing ...
jnormanbks@...
Nov 6, 2007 2:41 am
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... I read the first five books in the Drinkwater series. I enjoyed them, I found them quite readable. For whatever reason, I never got back to the series. ...
Having read and re-read the Hornblower, Aubrey and Bolitho books, I am looking for more titles in the genre..is anyone familiar with the Nathanial Drinkwater...
I liked the Drinkwater books I've read, precisely for the reason Kurt didn't like them. It takes all sorts, of course, but I found Drinkwater himself a very...
... I'm not sure why the authorities would have any misgivings-74 extra guns is 74 extra guns. Also the authorities could have known he was in the area and...
Hi If you are interested in can see Tom Freeman"s newest print release, "Stand To Your Guns", by clicking on the weblink below and folling it to Freemans...
Try the Ramage series by Dudley Pope. If my memory serves me correctly Hornblower is referred to inthe first and second novels in the series.-Pip ... From:...
The Alan Lewrie series by Dewey Lambdin is still being written, with a new adventure due out in January. The first episodes are superior, although there has...
namoi novilk fan sty cross over tithe fourth book just been written. its based on a dragon core pure fan sty but uses thenapolinic war has a bacdrop.i enjoyed...
... Let me introduce myself briefly : I'm a belgian member of this list for a very very long time. At the beginning, the list even was not named "Hornblower-L"...
I started listing current series - it took about 15 minutes, then I blew the whole thing away with an errant click... Go to www.mcbooks.com and look over "All...
Check out the McBooks website - http://www.mcbooks.com - for most of the current series. There are a LOT of them! I can particularly recommend the Lewrie...
... Fascinating! I think this must be the explanation why the Region 2 DVD is not really available except the Dutch version I found on Amazon UK. The Dutch...
Bob, are you the guy from USS Strauss? Warren Westura ... From: Robert Bowley To: Hornblower-L@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:55 PM ...
Warren Westura
wwestura@...
Nov 19, 2007 8:37 pm
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I find the Kydd series awfully simplistic. Kydd goes from a pressed wigmaker to Master and Commander in about eight years. Highly unlikely, especially after...
Well yes, Andrew but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for? (Sorry, Andrew--couldn't resist.) Beth andrewmurdoch99@... wrote:...
I've read the entire series and IMO they are the best written books in the genre with the exception of Patrick O'Bryan's. The first one is a dark gothic...
A hero's death at age 83. What more could be asked of a protagonist in the genre? The final book in the series wraps up some lose ends that were left after...
