Reminder from: Hornblower-L Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/cal Terence Morgan's birthday Saturday December 8, 2007 All Day (This event...
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Hi Warren: Nope - I regret to say I never served, and I've gone by "clash" since the third grade. :D -clash ... clash bowley Flying Mice Games - an Imprint of...
I agree. I'm a big fan of the Lewrie series, and teh French Admiral is an excellent book. It's certainly worth a look. -clash ... clash bowley Flying Mice...
I recently read the first in the Drinkwater series (AN EYE OF THE FLEET) and enjoyed it. Darker than Hornblower, but similar in pacing and action. - Duane ...
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Reminder from: Hornblower-L Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/cal Robert Lindsay's birthday Thursday December 13, 2007 All Day (This...
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Reminder from: Hornblower-L Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/cal Anniversary of Hornblower-L's creation Tuesday December 18, 2007 All...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7169047.stm Author of Flashman stories dies The novelist George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman adventure stories,...
I wonder if someone can help. At the time of Trafalgar the fleet often gathered/anchored at Spithead which is outside Portsmouth Harbour. In a couple of books...
As I recall in the Files or Photos sections on the main page for this group there is a photo of the inner cover of one of the Hornblower books showing a map of...
Hi 'Dragon' I cross posted my query about Spithead on the Royal Navy sail and steam Yahoo site and got a reply with a swift reply with a link to an 1873 chart...
... The chart is 1783, not 1873. I've been looking for Mother Bank & think it might be west of Ryde, off the edge of that chart. No luck so far. -- Martinus...
... Further west than I'd been looking. I've downloaded a copy of this map as a Hampshire boy by birth. Lots of interesting information there. -- Martinus...
Hi Martin, Sorry I transposed the figues in the date - yes 1783. Obviously great minds think alike as both you and Peter came up with the same map (and quickly...
The talk about Ryde and Spithead reminds me of standing for 41/2 hours on Ryde pier waiting for the ferry delayed by thick fog sometime in the mid-60s! Joan UK...
I don't know if this has ever been discussed here, but this evening I discovered a website that has old radio shows free for downloading, amongst which are a...
I don't know if this has ever been discussed here, but this evening I discovered a website that has old radio shows free for downloading, amongst which are a...
Hi Dave and thank you for the link. I believe this was brought up but it was a while ago--several years at least and I seem to recall that the links we had...
beth i din't know lux did that show.i have some of the lux radio but not certain if that lshow is one of them.but i would be interested in tracking down a copy...
That's cool! I knew about the Michael Redgrave version ( http://www.otrcat.com/horatio-hornblower-p-1392.html ), which is very enjoyable, but not this one....
Dave Bennett Aldergrove, BC "I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at life through...
... It sounds like it might be the '70s BBC production. I remember hearing a few of them at the time. -- Martinus Scriblerus scripsit ex 50º 21' N, 4º41' W...
I found a book by Adam Hardy (a pseudonym, I suspect) in the Fox series. ANyone know anything about this series? - Duane Spurlock www.pulprack.com Changes in...