Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of British television films based on three of C. S. Forester’s 10 novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

The series ran from 1998 to 2003, with Ioan Gruffudd in the title role.  …

We watched the 1st of the movies – The Even Chance (US title: The Duel).

Horatio is only 17yrs-old. The year is 1793.

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