Mr Midshipman Hornblower by Cs Forester
As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's navy. Yet, from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves. This is the first of eleven books chronicling the adventures of Horatio Hornblower.
C.S Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, where his father was stationed as a government official. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital, and after leaving Guy's without a degree he turned to writing as a career. On the outbreak of war he entered the Ministry of Information and later he sailed with the Royal Navy to collect material for The Ship. He made a voyage to the Bering Sea to gather material for a similar book on the United States Navy, and it was during this trip that he was stricken with arteriosclerosis, a disease which left him crippled. However, he continued to write and in the Hornblower novels created the most renowned sailor in contemporary fiction. He died in 1966.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140011159 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140011153 |
| Title | Mr Midshipman Hornblower |
| Author | Cs Forester |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1973-11-29 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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