Horatio Hornblower (Michael Redgrave)
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289 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 20 Dec
Horatio Hornblower (Michael Redgrave)’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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There were many times when I cursed myself for coming back to them.
And even the comfort I'd formerly gained from my two hours each day in the open air had lost its flavor.
It was comfort no longer, not after that precious taste of freedom.
I was like a man who
after having glimpsed a huge, wonderful meal, then finds himself living on only a crust of bread.
This is the mood I was in when one day I was sent for by the commandant.
Sit down, Lieutenant Hornblower.
If you please, sit down.
Yes, sir.
You wonder why I sent for you, eh?
You see this dispatch I hold in my hand, sir?
It is a personal order for me to take immediate steps to set you at liberty.
But...
At liberty, sir?
I am to restore you under a flag of truth to your fellow countrymen.
You mean... I'm being set free, sir?
In recognition of... Allow me to read.
In recognition of his courage and self-sacrifice in saving life at the peril of his own... Oh, Commandant, I... You are overwhelmed, eh?
Yes, a little.
A little?
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