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C. S. Forester

Author,Editor

(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 Hornblower Companion (1964)

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The author comments on his fictional creation.

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

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The Hornblower Companion (1964)

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The author comments on his fictional creation.

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

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Hornblower During 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): Samuel Bryant

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Hornblower Goes to Sea (1963)

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This omnibus edition of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and Lieutenant Hornblower has been edited for younger readers in this first volume of the Cadet Edition.

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Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

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Hornblower Goes to Sea (1965)

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This omnibus edition of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and Lieutenant Hornblower has been edited for younger readers in this first volume of the Cadet Edition.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

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Hornblower in Captivity (1965)

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This omnibus edition of Ship of the Line and Flying Colours has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 3 in the Cadet Edition.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

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Hornblower in Captivity (1965)

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This omnibus edition of Ship of the Line and Flying Colours has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 3 in the Cadet Edition.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

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Hornblower in the West Indies (1958)

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Hornblower has been promoted to Rear Admiral and has been named in command of the West Indies station, i.e. the Caribbean, with a squadron consisting of three frigates and fourteen brigs and schooners.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Dwight Shepler

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Hornblower Takes Command (1965)

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This omnibus edition of Hornblower and the Atropos and Beat to Quarters (The Happy Return) has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 2 of the Cadet Edition.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

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Hornblower Takes Command (1965)

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This omnibus edition of Hornblower and the Atropos and Beat to Quarters (The Happy Return) has been edited for younger readers and is Volume 2 of the Cadet Edition.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

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Hornblower’s Triumph (1965)

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This omnibus edition of Commodore Hornblower (The Commodore) and Lord Hornblower is edited for younger readers and is Volume 4 of the Cadet Edition.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

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Hornblower’s Triumph (1965)

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This omnibus edition of Commodore Hornblower (The Commodore) and Lord Hornblower is edited for younger readers and is Volume 4 of the Cadet Edition.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

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Hunting the Bismarck (1959)

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The most powerful battle ship in the world sorties into the North Sea in a desperate attempt to reach Nazi controlled France.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Kenneth Farnhill

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Josephine: Napoleon’s Empress (1925)

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A biography of the first French empress.

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

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The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck (1959)

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The most powerful battleship in the world sorties into the North Sea in a desperate attempt to reach Nazi-controlled France.

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

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Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)

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Hornblower ships as fifth lieutenant in HMS Renown with a mad captain on a mission to harry Spanish possession in the Caribbean. Was he pushed or did he fall?

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

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Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)

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Hornblower ships as fifth lieutenant in HMS Renown with a mad captain on a mission to harry Spanish possession in the Caribbean. Was he pushed or did he fall?

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

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Long Before Forty (1967)

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An autobiographical fragment about the author’s early attempts to become a published author, added to his notes about the Hornblower saga published in The Hornblower Companion.

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

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Lord Hornblower (1946)

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In the process of capturing HMS Flame, which has been taken over by mutineers, Hornblower takes the port of Le Havre.

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Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Andrew Wyeth

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