In a message dated 4/1/2003 2:31:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, martin_sj_watts@... writes: << Here is some information about another part of the family:...
... Speaking personally, I prefer taking them in the order written because the character develops in the reader's mind in the same progression as he did in...
Look in your local phone book! I did. You'll see Hornblower's listed there, maybe. I don't think there are too many of them. There is ONE Hornblower living...
Hi all, I've just joined this group - my name is Nathali, I'm 28, and I live in Germany. I've been a HH fan ever since I was about nine and stumbled across a...
Don't be silly, Ski. Read what I said, Jonathan Hornblower was sufficiently famous to have him and his invention in such a mundane reference work as the...
Ski wrote: " I thought the name Hornblower was totally made up by CSF. Thanks for the info. So there really are people with that last name. ;)" The name...
... From: <skiheee@...> ... made ... last ... There's at least 4 of them in the Australian White Pages. Tolkien MAY have used the name before CSF Tony...
In a message dated 4/1/03 12:06:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... I thought you were kidding. I stand corrected. Aye, aye, sir. Ski :) [Non-text portions of...
In a message dated 4/1/03 1:04:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... How interesting. So, we have Bush, Barbara, and, hm, where does Johnson come in? I cannot...
... And doesn't the name of Hornblower's ship in The Happy Return/Beat To Quarters come from Groucho's song? "Lydia, oh, Lydia, Lydia the TAtooed lady! When...
... No, but I think "The Happy Return" was derived from Groucho's book, "Many Happy Returns." NOT! But it is nice to find a Hornblower fan who is also a Marx...
I don't know how Felatio Fluteblower would go over on this list, as we have all ages here. Skyresh, what think you? In the files section with plenty of...
Hello; I'm a 40+ year old Hornblower fan; read my first Hornblower stories (Beat To Quarters, Ship of the Line and Flying Colours) when I was about 12. My...
I hadn't thought about this before. Thanks for the suggestion. Consider the following. We recognize that many RN vessels carried classical names. In CSF's...
... If you mean John as the well of information, well, of COURSE. He is CSF's son. And I think he should write a biography titled, "Capt. Hornblower and Me." ...
Hey Henry, I see you have Bellsouth as your ISP. Where are you down here? I am in Orlando, Florida. Ski :) [Non-text portions of this message have been...
In a message dated 4/3/03 1:14:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... information, ... I was talking to John, you silly ;-D indeed, i think it's wild that he's so ...
So here it is, at last. While Lord Hornblower awaited news of Capt. William Bush, the said peg-legged captain was busy dying, courtesy of Napoleon's forces. ...
Y' fergot the bit about marryin' Lydia! (Since we started this discussion, that song has been going through my head ALL DAY! "Lydia, oh Lydia!") I can see...
... Well, that's because this Lydia is a ship. But she did bring Lady Barbara to HH, causing him to say, "Ha-h'm!" ... I chose Bush to do the song because, of...
This is absolutely great! Now I can't read "The Happy Return" with a straight face anymore, and I think I'll have to watch some Marx Brothers movies tonight :)...
I have posted 4 of those covers by this well known illustrator of of historic and fantasy novels in the Files, Book Covers folder. I think there perfectly...
Errr... if a ship of the line could not get to London in the 1810s, what was changed to allow a 10,000 ton plus WWII era cruiser to get there in the 1970s?...
... That would likely be Tower Bridge, which is a double bascule bridge (correct term?), which allows tall vessels to pass underneath. AFAIK Tower bridge was...
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