The first time most people saw actor Ioan Gruffudd on screen was in the tiny part of Fifth Officer Lowe in a gigantic film called “Titanic. ” Four years later, he is better known as Horatio Hornblower ...

As I mentioned a few years ago, I love Naomi Novik's Temeraire books. Horatio Hornblower with dragons about summarizes the general theme (the lead character is quite Hornblower-like), but of course ...

FICTIONAL English naval hero Horatio Hornblower was in fact based on a Scots admiral, it has been revealed. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to ...

Hoist those sails, mates, and get ready for some stirring adventure on the high seas. Young Horatio Hornblower and his fellow midshipmen are aboard the frigate Indefatigable all set to embark on ...

“HORATIO Hornblower” is back with more of the high seas adventures of the best looking sailor to ever don a pair of button fly bell bottoms. Ioan Gruffudd (you better be a looker with a stinker of a ...

Capt. Jack Aubrey has competition on the high seas, and not just from Napoleon’s fleet. Horatio Hornblower, the resourceful young captain of HMS Hotspur and star of a new A&E mini-series on Tuesday ...

Still serving aboard the HMS Indefatigable, Horatio Hornblower has been promoted to acting Lieutenant. Neutral Spain has concluded a peace treaty with France and the British now have another enemy to ...

Look lively. “Horatio Hornblower” is about to set sail again. Returning to A&E; in a fine follow-up to 1999’s Emmy-winning miniseries, the heroic 19th century naval officer finds himself facing a ...

I just reread Victory of Eagles, one of my favorite books in Naomi Novik's excellent nine-book Temeraire series, and thought I'd briefly blog again about how much I like them. The books are set in ...

Hornblower is back. The British Navy's go-to guy returns to television in two new A&E films this Sunday and next, making loyalty, honor and principle more fashionable than Tony Soprano for at least a ...

I'm an incredibly anal reviewer sometimes; I'll give you that. One of the things that bothers me the most is a poor adaptation of a book to a movie format. Well, dear readers, I take after my father, ...

I was just rereading one of my favorite series, Naomi Novik’s Temeraire books. Horatio Hornblower with dragons about summarizes the general theme (the lead character is quite Hornblower-like), but of ...