Templum Bellonae

Horatio Hornblower/The Scarlet Pimpernel

Set after The Duel/The Even Chance. Jamie Bamber, who played Archie Kennedy, also played Tony Dewhurst in The Scarlet Pimpernel. After Archie is lost at sea, Horatio meets his doppelgänger at a party.

Doppelganger by Janis Cortese

The title should tell you that this isn’t a story; it’s a Hornblower rec list. I already put a link to this on the links page, but if you’re anything like me, you almost never check other people’s link pages unless you’re totally desperate. And this site deserves to be seen.

Basically, it’s a series of posts made on FairestCat’s livejournal; each post is a list of Hornblower fanfic recs with a theme: a particular pairing, stories set during a particular episode, that kind of thing. I’ve already read quite a few of the stories that she’s recommended, but I won’t be rec’ing all of them myself, so you might want to hop on over and take a look.

The stories feature a number of different pairings and ratings, so there should be something there for everyone.

Hornblower Recs for All Occasions by FairestCat

Out of all of the Janis Cortese fics I could have recommended, I chose this one mostly because it features Midshipman Wellard, for whom I have a great fondness. Aside from that, it is one of her best stories, in my opinion, though fairly short.

For once, Archie is the hero with an adoring admirer.

Inamorata by Janis Cortese

Not too long, but not too short, either. Archie and Horatio attend a party, then to Vauxhall Gardens. They…talk.

The Gentlemanly Art of Conversation by Widget

This is actually the main story in a series; it has both prequels and sequels, but this is as good a place as any to start reading. Despite the numerous overlapping pairings, the tone manages to stay relatively faithful to its historical period. And I have to admit that I’m as much of a sucker for Edrington as for Archie Kennedy.

There’s also a reading guide.

All the King’s Men by Marna

Horatio Hornblower/Sharpe novels

For a man who appears very little in either the books or the movies, and never even gets a first name, Major Lord Edrington makes quite a few crossover appearances. This time he and Richard Sharpe end up cut off from their retreating army and have to rely on each other to survive. I especially enjoyed Sharpe’s first impression of Edrington - he certainly seems to rub people the wrong way.

Quite a good story, well-written and well-researched.

Sharpe’s Comrade by Ragged Rose

Okay, it’s not a story, it’s a songvid. You can download it in a bunch of formats on her page. This song has become the Hornblower song for me. I love it.

Five and a Half Minute Hallway by Janis Cortese

It’s canon that Horatio arrived on Justinian and met Archie before Simpson returned. I’m not sure if Archie’s background here contradicts canon or just fanon, but I’m not sure that I care, either.

ETA: All Anais’s fanfic is offline for the forseeable future.

Full Fathom Five by nais

Also implied Simpson non-con (which, let’s face it, is pretty much canon.)

There’s nothing that Clayton is willing to do.

Welcome to Purgatory by Penknife

Archie and Horatio, 1833. Fantastic story.

The streets of Portsmouth, February, wind easterly. An ancient mariner, alone on a wide, wide sea, visits an old friend.

It’s actually the last in the Windward Series, but you don’t have to read the rest to understand it.

Beating to Windward by pos Lee

During the Peace of Amiens.

A Wild, Unaccustomed Thought by Belinda

Early days on the Indy and Pellew’s thought about Horatio.

But the Seamen Were Not Gentlemen by Empy

A venerable Navy tradition is passed along.

Telemachos, or The Genealogy of Buggery by Resonant

Beautiful and lyrical look at Horatio’s life and ship’s routine on the Indy after D&D.

Make and Mend by David Kent

Also Archie/m.

While the Indy is in dock for repairs, Captain Pellew and his two junior lieutenants are kidnapped by a British renegade. As the Indy’s crew searches for its missing officers, Pellew and Hornblower work to escape — and Archie Kennedy finds himself facing his greatest fears - and worse, the fulfilment of his dearest dreams.

I love this story. It’s quite long, but very well written and true to the tone of the movies. And I should mention that I love Archie Kennedy in this story (and in the movies - Jamie Bamber did a brilliant job with his character, without any book material to work from.)

There are a few other stories in this universe.

14 December 2006: The broken link is fixed!

Ransom by Dr. Calypso