Although unfinished at the time of C. S. Forester's death, Hornblower During the Crisis delivers a full measure of action at sea-the hallmark of this incomparably exciting series of historical adventures. On the threshold of securing his...

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1794. Bleich um die Nase herum und sichtlich seekrank meldet sich ein jünger Fähnrich namens Horatio Hornblower an Bord des englischen Kriegsschiffs Justinian zum Dienst. Nicht, aber auch gar nichts gibt zunächst...

The year is 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Horatio Hornblower, a seventeen-year-old boy unschooled in seafaring and the ways of seamen, is ordered to board a French merchant ship and take command of crew and cargo for the...

C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, where his father was stationed as a government official. On the outbreak of war he entered the Ministry of Information and later he sailed with the Royal Navy. In the HORNBLOWER novels created...

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...

"Glatter Mord" von C. S. Forester ist ein Kriminalroman, der sich um den Protagonisten Ted Talbot dreht, einen unscheinbaren Buchhalter, der in einer Londoner Firma arbeitet. Talbot führt ein monotones Leben, bis er in eine Situation...