Cecil Scott Forester, an Englishman, was born in Cairo in 1899, the son of a British army officer. He was educated in London, and for a time he studied medicine. After a World War I stint in the infantry, however, he decided to be a poet. This was a shortlived pursuit and he soon turned to biography and fiction. He then wrote many best-selling novels—African Queen and The General among them—before he wrote the first of his Hornblower stories in 1937. That first book was Beat to Quarters, chronologically the fifth volume in tracing the career of Hornblower. In 1940 Forester moved to Berkeley, California, where he lived for many years between his World War II and postwar travels. In April of 1966, while writing Hornblower During the Crisis, C. S. Forester died. Today, the popularity of his writing still continues to grow, and the names of both Forester and Hornblower have become synonymous with the greatest names in naval literature.
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The African Queen
18 editions - first published in 1935 -
Lord Hornblower
18 editions - first published in 1946 Borrow -
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
17 editions - first published in 1920 Borrow -
The gun
17 editions - first published in 1933 -
A ship of the line
14 editions - first published in 1920 Borrow -
Hornblower and the Atropos
14 editions - first published in 1920 Borrow -
Hornblower and the Hotspur
14 editions - first published in 1920 Borrow -
Flying colours
13 editions - first published in 1938 -
Lieutenant Hornblower
13 editions - first published in 1920 -
The good shepherd
13 editions - first published in 1955 -
The Hornblower Saga
12 editions - first published in 1981 -
Brown on Resolution
12 editions - first published in 1929 -
The ship
12 editions - first published in 1943 Borrow -
Death to the French
12 editions - first published in 1932 -
Payment deferred
10 editions - first published in 1926 -
Captain Horatio Hornblower
10 editions - first published in 1939 DAISY -
The happy return
9 editions - first published in 1937 Borrow -
Hornblower in the West Indies
9 editions - first published in 1958 -
The general
9 editions - first published in 1936 Borrow -
The captain from Connecticut
9 editions - first published in 1941 Borrow -
Plain murder
8 editions - first published in 1930 -
Captain Hornblower, R.N
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The earthly paradise
8 editions - first published in 1940 -
Randall and the river of time
7 editions - first published in 1950 -
Hornblower and the Crisis: an unfinished novel
7 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow -
Commodore Hornblower
7 editions - first published in 1945 -
The commodore
7 editions - first published in 1945 -
The age of fighting sail: the story of the naval War of 1812.
7 editions - first published in 1956 Borrow -
The young hornblower
6 editions - first published in 1950 -
The man in the yellow raft: short stories
6 editions - first published in 1942 -
Beat to quarters
6 editions - first published in 1937 Borrow -
The sky and the forest
6 editions - first published in 1948 Borrow -
Nelson: a biography.
5 editions - first published in 1929 -
The Hornblower companion
5 editions - first published in 1964 Borrow -
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
5 editions - first published in 1958 Borrow -
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga (Audio))
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Gold from Crete
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Napoleon and his court
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Rifleman Dodd
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Hunting the Bismarck
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Sink the Bismarck!: John Gresham Military Library Selection
4 editions - first published in 1959 Borrow -
Hornblower goes to sea
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To the Indies
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The Barbary pirates
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Long before forty
4 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow -
The peacemaker
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Age of a Fighting S
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Hornblower During the Crisis
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Hornblower takes command
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Louis XIV, king of France and Navarre
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Victor Emmanuel II and the union of Italy
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Marionettes at home
3 editions - first published in 1936 -
Flying Colors: The Hornblower Saga #7
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The nightmare
3 editions - first published in 1954 -
The last nine days of the Bismarck
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Hornblowers triumph
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Hornblower in Captivity
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Admiral Hornblower in West Indies
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The Annie Marble in Germany
2 editions - first published in 1930 -
The General (Great War Stories)
2 editions - first published in 1988 -
Hornblower auf der' Hotspur'
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Hornblower During the Crisis (Hornblower Saga (Audio))
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Hornblower wird Kommandant
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Kadett Hornblower
2 editions - first published in 1950 -
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga)
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Lord Nelson
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Love lies dreaming
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The naval war of 1812
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Single-Handed
2 editions - first published in 1929 -
Two-and-twenty
2 editions - first published in 1931 -
The indomitable Hornblower: Commodore Hornblower, Lord Hornblower [and] Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (complete novels).
2 editions - first published in 1958 -
The voyage of the Annie Marble: With 39 illustrations and a map.
2 editions - first published in 1929 -
The Daughter of the Hawk
2 editions - first published in 1928 -
Sterling Point Books: The Barbary Pirates (Sterling Point Books)
2 editions - first published in 2007 -
Lord Hornblower (Hornblower Saga
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The hostage: With Envelope (Travelman Adventure)
2 editions - first published in 1970 -
Admiral Hornblower in W-V3
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The Adventures of John Wetherell
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The African Queen (Sterling Audio Series)
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Age of Fighting Sail the
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Banderas Al Viento
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga (Paperback))
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THE CAPTAIN FROM CONNECTICUT (by the author of the Hornblower Saga)
1 edition - first published in 1970 -
The Commodore (Horatio Hornblower Adventures) (Horatio Hornblower Adventures)
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Commodore Hornblo-V01
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Commodore Hornblower / C. S. Forester
1 edition - first published in 1945 -
Commodore Hornblower (Hornblower Saga)
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
The Commodore (Hornblower Saga)
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Der Kapitän. Ein Roman um Hornblower
1 edition - first published in 1997 -
El Guardiamarina Hornblower
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
El Teniente de Navio Hornblower
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Fahnrich zur see Hornblower
1 edition - first published in 1975 -
Flying Colors (Hornblower Saga Series No 7)
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
Flying Colours (Horatio Hornblower Adventure)
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The Good Shepherd (Classics of Naval Literature)
1 edition - first published in 1989 -
The Good Shepherd / Last 9 Days of the C
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Himmel och skog
1 edition - first published in 1949 -
Horatio Hornblower 1 - 11
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Horatio Hornblower's Temptation & The Last Encounter
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Hornblower #04 Atrop
1 edition - first published in 1975
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