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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It is dangerous, of extreme danger.

Sir Commandant, let me command the boat.

You, Senor Hornblower?

Yes, let me take six fishermen with me.

Men who know how to handle oars.

Men like, you know, like Carlos here.

Very well, Lieutenant Hornblower.

This possibility of saving Spanish lives was your thought, and I cannot in all conscience deny you the chance to carry it out yourself.

Remember only that I have your parole.

Yes, you have my parole, sir.

And I trust you will come back alive.

The land was behind us, that safe, solid ground upon which we'd stood and watched the Spanish schooner drive to destruction.

There she lay, upon the jagged reef called Dientes del Diablo, the Devil's Teeth.

And yet, as a handful of fishermen and I attempted to rescue the survivors, I was filled with a

A great elation to be at sea, even such a wicked sea.

I'd been on shore too long.

I was young, filled with such excitement that fear was driven completely out of me.

The wave came.

And then we went through a welter of spray and foam.

The survivors jumped.

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