Editing Horatio Hornblower (section)

=== Serialisation ===
The Hornblower novels were all serialised in US periodicals and most also in UK periodicals. Except for the first novel ''Beat to Quarters'', the serialisations appeared before the books.

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! US title
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! US serial dates<ref name="Contento">{{cite web |url = http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/f74.htm#A2526 |title = The FictionMags Index |author = Contento, William G. |access-date = 28 November 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130128223055/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/f74.htm#A2526 |archive-date = 28 January 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="30px" | US Parts
! US magazine
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! UK serial dates<ref name="Contento"/>
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width="30px" | UK Parts
! UK magazine
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| ''Beat to Quarters''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=m|1808|6}}&nbsp;– December 1808
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1938-09-17}}&nbsp;– 22 October 1938
| align="right" | 6
| ''[[Argosy (magazine)|Argosy]]'' (US)
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| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1949|5}}
| align="right" | 1
| ''[[Argosy (UK magazine)|Argosy]]'' (UK)
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| ''Ship of the Line''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=m|1810|4}}&nbsp;– November 1810
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dm|1938|2|26}}&nbsp;– 2 April 1938
| align="right" | 6
| ''Argosy'' (US)
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| ''Flying Colours''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1810|12}}&nbsp;– June 1811
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1938|12|3}}&nbsp;– 7 January 1939
| align="right" | 6
| ''Argosy'' (US)
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| ''Commodore Hornblower''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=m|1812-04}}&nbsp;– December 1812
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dm|1945-03-24}}&nbsp;– 12 May 1945
| align="right" | 8
| {{sort|Saturday Evening Post|''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]''}}
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| ''Lord Hornblower''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1813|10}}&nbsp;– {{dts|format=dmy|1815|6}}
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dm|1946-05-18}}&nbsp;– 6 July 1946
| align="right" | 8
| ''The Saturday Evening Post''
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| ''Mr. Midshipman Hornblower''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1794|1}}&nbsp;– February 1799
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1948|3|6}}&nbsp;– 11 March 1950
| align="right" | 9
| ''The Saturday Evening Post''
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| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1948|8}}&nbsp;– June 1950
| align="right" | 10
| ''Argosy'' (UK)
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| ''Lieutenant Hornblower''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1800|8}}&nbsp;– March 1803
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dm|1951-09-15}}&nbsp;– 17 November 1951
| align="right" | 9
| ''The Saturday Evening Post''
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| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1951|10|6}}&nbsp;– 12 January 1952
| align="right" | 10
| ''[[John Bull (magazine)|John Bull]]''
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| ''Hornblower and the Atropos''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1805|12}}&nbsp;– September 1806
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dm|1953|7|25}}&nbsp;– 12 September 1953
| align="right" | 8
| ''The Saturday Evening Post''
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| align="center" | {{dts|format=dm|1953|10|3}}&nbsp;– 28 November 1953
| align="right" | 9
| ''John Bull''
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| ''Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1821|5}}&nbsp;– July 1823
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1957|5|11}}&nbsp;– 26 April 1958
| align="right" | 10
| ''The Saturday Evening Post''
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| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1957|5|25}}&nbsp;– 13 September 1958
| align="right" | 13
| ''John Bull''
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| ''Hornblower and the Hotspur''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1803|4}}&nbsp;– May 1805
| align="center" | {{dts|format=dmy|1962|10}}
| align="right" | 1
| ''Argosy'' (US)
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| align="center" | {{dts|format=dm|1962|2|24}}&nbsp;– 7 April 1962
| align="right" | 7
| ''[[John Bull (magazine)#End of publication|Today]]''
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| ''Hornblower During the Crisis''
| align="center" | {{dts|format=m|1805|5}}&nbsp;– June 1805
| align="center" | {{dts|format=d|1966|7|16}}–30 July 1966
| align="right" | 2
| ''The Saturday Evening Post''
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