Fiction based around the history of Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars

The following three series of books are the "classics" of this genre. Please note that we have complete collections on our shelves, but are actively adding first editions to this collection. If you have books, magazines, post cards, photographs etc, that you may be prepared to donate, please see our "Donations" page

See also: our HMS Victory and Nelson collection.

The Hornblower Books by C.S. Forester

• Mr. Midshipman Hornblower - The sixth Hornblower book to be written, the first in the series chronologically, introducing young Horatio Hornblower joining the fleet as a Midshipman.
• Lieutenant Hornblower
• Hornblower and the Hotspur - The last that Forester wrote.
• Hornblower and the Atropos
• Beat to Quarters - The first Hornblower book ever written
• Ship of the Line
• Flying Colours
• Commodore Hornblower
• Lord Hornblower
• Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

The Ramage Novels by Dudley Pope

• Ramage
• Ramage and the Drumbeat
• Ramage and the Freebooters
• Governor Ramage, RN
• Ramage's Prize
• Ramage and the Guillotine
• Ramage and the Rebels
• Ramage's Mutiny
• Ramage's Diamond

The Aubrey-Maturin Chronicles by Patrick O'Brian

• Master and Commander - The first of the series introduces Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin.
• Post Captain
• HMS Surprise
• The Mauritius Command
• Desolation Island
• The Fortune of War
• The Surgeon's Mate
• The Ionian Mission
• Treason's Harbour
• The Far Side of the World
• The Reverse of the Medal
• The Letter of Marque
• The Thirteen-Gun Salute
• The Nutmeg of Consolation
• The Truelove
• The Wine-Dark Sea
• The Commodore
• The Yellow Admiral
• The Hundred Days
• Blue at the Mizzen

More references to naval matters may be found in:

the The Navies - General

the Navy - Royal Canadian Navy

the Royal Navy

the Navy - United States Navy

the Navies - American Civil War

the Collections home page

We are continually expanding our collections - donations would be sincerely welcomed