Imagined crossover · Historical adventure
What if Horatio Hornblower met Jack Aubrey?
Two captains, one Mediterranean. The two greatest fictional captains of the Royal Navy, both brilliant, both brave, both very different men.
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The pair
Horatio HornblowerNaval officer who rises to admiralBy C. S. Forester · Hornblower · first in The Happy Return
Jack AubreyRoyal Navy captain, "Lucky Jack"By Patrick O'Brian · Aubrey-Maturin · first in Master and Commander
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Where and when
Port Mahon, Menorca
The Napoleonic Wars
The story
- How they might meet
- Two frigates arrive in Port Mahon on the same day, and their captains are ordered to share a dangerous mission along the French coast.
- Why they would work
- The two greatest fictional captains of the Royal Navy, both brilliant, both brave, both very different men.
- What each brings
- Hornblower is a strategist and mathematician who plans every move. Aubrey is a born fighting seaman with an instinct for weather and battle.
- Where they would clash
- Hornblower is reserved and full of self-doubt; Aubrey is jovial and confident. Each would quietly believe the other was lucky.
Strengths compared
Horatio Hornblower Jack Aubrey
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On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- The Happy ReturnC. S. Forester · 1937 · Horatio Hornblower's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- Master and CommanderPatrick O'Brian · 1969 · Jack Aubrey's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
