The Recurring Cast
Character · The Royal Navy · 5 books

Maria Mason

Hornblower's first wife · C. S. Forester

Maria Mason is Hornblower’s first wife, the daughter of his landlady.

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Character facts

First appearance
The Happy Return (1937)
Latest appearance
Hornblower and the Crisis (1967)
Books
5 (1 major, 4 minor)
Series
Hornblower
Author
C. S. Forester
Circle
The Royal Navy

Where to meet Maria Mason

Maria Mason first appears in The Happy Return (1937), in a minor role, book 1 of the Hornblower series.

Buy The Happy Return

Every book with Maria Mason

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1937·The Happy Returnminor role · HornblowerBuy
  2. 1938·A Ship of the Lineminor role · HornblowerBuy
  3. 1953·Hornblower and the Atroposminor role · HornblowerBuy
  4. 1962MHornblower and the Hotspurmajor role · HornblowerBuy
  5. 1967·Hornblower and the Crisisminor role · HornblowerBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Horatio HornblowerNaval officer who rises to admiral5
William BushHornblower's loyal first lieutenant3
Lady Barbara WellesleyHornblower's great love2