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C. S. Forester

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(1899 - 1966)

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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.



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The Earthly Paradise (1940)

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A historical novel of the third voyage of Columbus.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Philip Gough

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Flying Colours (1939)

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While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Flying Colours (1939)

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While on his way under guard from Spain to Paris to be tried by Napoleon, Hornblower makes his escape and joins the resistance.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Rowland Hilder

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Flying Colours including Ship of the Line (1939)

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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.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): None

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Fun and Fancy (1962)

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An anthology of children’s literature.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
P. L. Travers
Louis Untermeyer
Et al
Illustrator(s): Lilian Obligado
Mary Shepard
Et al

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The General (1936)

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A stinging indictment of the British military culture that led to the wanton slaughter of World War I.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Salomon and Joseph Abbey

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The General (1936)

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A stinging indictment of the British military culture that led to the wanton slaughter of World War I.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): None

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Gold From Crete (1970)

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A collection of ten short stories set during World War II.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Samuel Bryant

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Gold from Crete (1971)

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A collection of ten short stories set during World War II.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Graham Humphreys

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The Good Shepherd (1955)

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Commander George Krause is the shepherd who brings a convoy home across the Atlantic in the face of the German wolfpack.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): David Cobb

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The Good Shepherd (1955)

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Commander George Krause is the shepherd who brings a convoy home across the Atlantic in the face of the German wolfpack.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): R. A. Genders

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The Gun (1933)

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Follows the fates of the men who use a cannon in their battle to oust the French from Spain.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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The Gun (1933)

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Follows the fates of the men who use a cannon in their battle to oust the French from Spain.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Stanley Rogers

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The Happy Return (1937)

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Captain Horatio Hornblower in the Lydia defeats the much larger Spanish Natividad, only to have to fight her again.

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Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Rowland Hilder

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Horatio Hornblower (1952)

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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.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Val Biro

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Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)

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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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Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Ralph Pallen Coleman

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Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)

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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.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Val Biro

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Hornblower and the Crisis (1967)

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An unfinished novel and two uncollected short stories about the intrepid Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)

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Hornblower takes up his command as part of the Channel fleet.

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Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): David Cobb

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Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)

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Hornblower takes up his command as part of the Channel fleet.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): John Allan Maxwell

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