Flying Colours | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Captain Sir Horatio Hornblower, Knight of the Bath - This character is a post captain in the British Navy during the Napoleonic wars and commands the H.M.S. Sutherland.

Maria Ellen Hornblower née Mason - This character is the daughter of a landlady, who owned a tenement where Hornblower lived during the Peace of Amiens.

Richard Arthur Horatio Hornblower - This character survives his mother who dies in childbirth.

Lady Barbara Leighton née Wellesley - This character is the aristocratic, younger sister of two militarily and politically successful brothers.

William Bush - This character...
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