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Ever since C. S. Forester's fictional hero Horatio Hornblower began to delight readers, there has been speculation as to whether his adventures were based on the career of a real naval officer. Several names were suggested, but the general conclusion was that Hornblower was a composite character. In this well-written and thoroughly researched book the author argues convincingly that Forester's model for his hero was Admiral James Gordon, a genuine flesh-and-blood hero of Nelson's Navy. Gordon entered the Royal Navy as a semi-literate eleven-year-old and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet. He took part in major sea battles, frigate actions, single-ship duels, cutting-out expeditions, and operations far behind enemy lines. It was the fire of Gordon's ships against Fort McHenry that inspired the American national anthem. He was the last governor of the Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich, and when he died, having served for more than seventy-five years in the Navy, The Times called him "the last of Nelson's captains". To support his claim, Bryan Perrett points to The Commodore and Hornblower's venture into the Baltic to harass the seaward flank of Napoleon's Grand Armee during its re

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Author

Perrett, Bryan

Publisher

Naval Institute Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781557506979

Category

history

Subjects

Military, Engineering, Fiction

Rating

3.56 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14