Agree,
O’Brian’s series is by far the better of the two.
C.S. Forester's Hornblower novels are good, but O’Brian are where I would go to try to live and breathe the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
Best regards,
Ewan
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. . . . the first of a historical fiction and the character reminds me of the Scottish RN officer (then MP, then Admiral in South America) Cochrane . . .
Would that be the Aubrey/Maturin series, by the (regrettably) late Patrick O'Brian?
If not, then you should put that series on your list. Many compare O'Brian's work to C.S. Forester's Hornblower novels, but (having read all of both series) I think O'Brian is actually better.
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