Lieutenant Hornblower

Author: C. S. Forester

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  • : $19.99 AUD
  • : 9781405928304
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.25
  • : July 2017
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : 22.99
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  • : C. S. Forester
  • : A\Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea Ser.
  • : Paperback
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  • : 352
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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.