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Pre 1760 1760 - 1779 1780 - 1799 1800 - 1809 1810 - 1819 Post 1819

Books Timeline 1810 - 1819

On this page I have set out the timeline (where it is given or can be established) for the various books set during the period from 1810 to 1819

For context actual historic events have been added below in italics.

Year Book Series
1810 A Ship of the Line Horatio Hornblower
Hornblower's Charitable Offering Horatio Hornblower 
Flying Colours Horatio Hornblower
A Press Of Canvas Isaac Biggs
The Lee Shore
1811 For My Country's Freedom Richard Bolitho
Desolation Island Jack Aubrey
The Flying Squadron Nathaniel Drinkwater
1812 War between UK and United States
The Commodore Horatio Hornblower
Hornblower and His Majesty Horatio Hornblower
The Fortune of War Jack Aubrey
The Captain from Connecticut
The Yankee Privateers and Gentlemen
Clear for Action!
Letter of Marque
True Colors Henry Stapleton
The Perfect Wreck - Old Ironsides and HMS Java: A Story of 1812
1813 Cross of St. George Richard Bolitho
* The Surgeons Mate Jack Aubrey
* The Ionian Mission Jack Aubrey
* Treasons Harbour Jack Aubrey
* The Far Side of the World Jack Aubrey
* The Reverse of the Medal Jack Aubrey
* The Letter of Marque Jack Aubrey
* The Thirteen Gun Salute Jack Aubrey
* The Nutmeg of Consolation Jack Aubrey
* Clarissa Oakes Jack Aubrey
* The Wine-Dark Sea Jack Aubrey
* The Commodore Jack Aubrey
Beneath the Aurora Nathaniel Drinkwater
A Fine Tops'l Breeze Isaac Biggs
Eye of the Cannon
The Fleet in the Forest
Action Starboard
The Cove of Cork Donal Long
1814 Lord Hornblower Horatio Hornblower
The Yellow Admiral Jack Aubrey
The Shadow of the Eagle Nathaniel Drinkwater
The Evening Gun Isaac Biggs
The Macedonian Privateers and Gentlemen
1815 Napoleon escapes from Elba
Sword of Honour Richard Bolitho
Second to None Adam Bolitho
Relentless Pursuit Adam Bolitho
The Hundred Days Jack Aubrey
Blue at the Mizzen Jack Aubrey
A Ship for Mr Fitton Michael Fitton
1816 The Barbary Run John Lawson
1817 Man of War Adam Bolitho
1818 Heart of Oak Adam Bolitho
Hornblower in the West Indies Horatio Hornblower
1819 In the King's Name Adam Bolitho
(* whilst not logical all these books are set in 1813)

  

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