In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain. Her first assignment...

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...

In this gripping tale of turmoil and triumph on the high seas, Horatio Hornblower emerges from his apprenticeship as midshipman to face new responsibilities thrust upon him by the fortunes of war between Napoleon and Spain. Enduring...

"Hornblower in Westindien" ist der zehnte Band der Horatio-Hornblower-Reihe von C.S. Forester. In diesem Roman wird Kapitän Sir Horatio Hornblower auf eine Mission in die Karibik geschickt, um die britischen Interessen in der Region zu...

First published in 1935, C.S. Forester's classic romantic adventure is a tale of opposites attracted. Allnut and Rose, a disreputable Cockney and an English spinster missionary, wend their way down a river in Central Africa in a rickety,...

Horatio Hornblower erhält Order, die vor Le Havre liegende englische Brigg Flame samt ihrer meuternden Besatzung aufzubringen. Er entscheidet sich für die Porta Coeli, deren baugleiches Schwesterschiff, da die seichten Gewässer der...

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NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKSDiscover the acclaimed wartime classic from C. S. Forester - originally published as The Good Shepherd'Unbelievably good' James Holland, bestselling author of Normandy '44 It's 1942. America has just...

Soon to be the major motion picture Greyhound on AppleTV+, a WWII naval thriller of "high and glittering excitement" (New York Times) from the author of the legendary Hornblower seriesThe mission of Commander George Krause of the United...

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