1lareliw
I remember it was in the middle rows of my library's fiction section. It is written by a man. It was a historical fiction series. I think it was merchants or pilgrims or something, early modern time period, similar to Poldark. It has a 1700s-ish merchant-type ship in the cover. At least one of the books has a picture of a man/sailor in one of those 1700s sailor hats on the front. I can't find it anywhere. Thank you!
2pattonsauce
Could this be "The Kent Family Chronicles"?
4vroni
Maybe the Onedin Line Series by Cyril Abraham?
5lareliw
>4 vroni: Sorry, that isn't it either. :/ It has a cover similar to the newer tv show inspired Poldark covers
6wartgin
Could it be the Horatio Hornblower series? I have not read them but they were among my husband's favorites.
From Wikipedia
Horatio Hornblower is a fictional Napoleonic Wars-era Royal Navy officer who is the protagonist of a series of novels and stories by C. S. Forester. He was later the subject of films, radio and television programmes, and C. Northcote Parkinson elaborated a definitive biography.1
The original Hornblower tales began with the 1937 novel The Happy Return (U.S. title Beat to Quarters) with the appearance of a junior Royal Navy captain on independent duty on a secret mission to Central America. Later stories filled out his earlier years, starting with an unpromising beginning as a seasick midshipman. As the Napoleonic Wars progress, he gains promotion steadily as a result of his skill and daring, despite his initial poverty and lack of influential friends. After surviving many adventures in a wide variety of locales, he rises to the pinnacle of his profession, promoted to Admiral of the Fleet.
From Wikipedia
Horatio Hornblower is a fictional Napoleonic Wars-era Royal Navy officer who is the protagonist of a series of novels and stories by C. S. Forester. He was later the subject of films, radio and television programmes, and C. Northcote Parkinson elaborated a definitive biography.1
The original Hornblower tales began with the 1937 novel The Happy Return (U.S. title Beat to Quarters) with the appearance of a junior Royal Navy captain on independent duty on a secret mission to Central America. Later stories filled out his earlier years, starting with an unpromising beginning as a seasick midshipman. As the Napoleonic Wars progress, he gains promotion steadily as a result of his skill and daring, despite his initial poverty and lack of influential friends. After surviving many adventures in a wide variety of locales, he rises to the pinnacle of his profession, promoted to Admiral of the Fleet.
