C. S. Forester
(1899 - 1966)
Cecil Scott “C. S.” Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith. He was an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare.
His most notable works were the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston).
His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
Bibliography
The Earthly Paradise (1940)
A historical novel of the third voyage of Columbus.
Flying Colours (1939)
While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance.
Flying Colours (1939)
While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance.
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Flying Colours including Ship of the Line (1939)
While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance. This special book club edition includes Ship of the Line as well.
Fun and Fancy (1962)
An anthology of children’s literature.
P. L. Travers
Louis Untermeyer
Et al
Mary Shepard
Et al
The General (1936)
A stinging indictment of the British military culture that led to the wanton slaughter of World War I.
The General (1936)
A stinging indictment of the British military culture that led to the wanton slaughter of World War I.
Gold From Crete (1970)
A collection of ten short stories set during World War II.
Gold from Crete (1971)
A collection of ten short stories set during World War II.
The Good Shepherd (1955)
Commander George Krause is the shepherd who brings a convoy home across the Atlantic in the face of the German wolfpack.
The Good Shepherd (1955)
Commander George Krause is the shepherd who brings a convoy home across the Atlantic in the face of the German wolfpack.
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The Gun (1933)
Follows the fates of the men who use a cannon in their battle to oust the French from Spain.
The Gun (1933)
Follows the fates of the men who use a cannon in their battle to oust the French from Spain.
The Happy Return (1937)
Captain Horatio Hornblower in the Lydia defeats the much larger Spanish Natividad, only to have to fight her again.
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Horatio Hornblower (1952)
In the first of these two novels Hornblower leads a fleet into the Baltic in support of the Russians while in the second he returns to France and is caught up in the fighting during the Hundred Days of Napoleon’s return.
Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)
Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C. S. Forester.
Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea.
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Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)
Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C. S. Forester.
Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea.
Hornblower and the Crisis (1967)
An unfinished novel and two uncollected short stories about the intrepid Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N.
Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)
Hornblower takes up his command as part of the Channel fleet.
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Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)
Hornblower takes up his command as part of the Channel fleet.