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Book Synopsis Hornblower and the Atropos by : C. S. Forester
Download or read book Hornblower and the Atropos written by C. S. Forester and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-14 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hornblower and the Atropos" by C. S. Forester is a thrilling installment in the adventures of Horatio Hornblower. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this novel finds Captain Hornblower commanding HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the fleet, on a series of crucial missions. From overseeing the funeral procession of Admiral Nelson to embarking on a daring salvage operation in the Mediterranean, Hornblower's leadership and tactical skills are put to the test. Throughout the novel, readers are treated to Forester's meticulous attention to historical detail and his ability to craft intense naval action scenes. This book highlights Hornblower's resilience, ingenuity, and growing reputation as a formidable naval officer, making it a compelling read for fans of maritime adventure.
Book Synopsis Commodore Hornblower by : C. S. Forester
Download or read book Commodore Hornblower written by C. S. Forester and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 1989-04-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know", are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions. -- The Hornblower renaissance is in full sail with a nearly tenfold increase in sales: more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books sold in the first six months of 1999. -- The A&E television network's series of original movies based on Hornblower's adventures have been tremendously successful -- praised by critics, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, and winner of the Emmy Award for best miniseries. -- Two new movies will be premiering in the spring on A&E. -- Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this "new" series of nautical adventure stories.
Book Synopsis Mr Midshipman Hornblower by : C.S. Forester
Download or read book Mr Midshipman Hornblower written by C.S. Forester and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-10-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join young Horatio Hornblower in the thrilling naval adventure from the author of The Good Shepherd, now a major-motion picture starring Tom Hanks 'A joyous creation, a perfection in words. Young Hornblower is, simply, one of the most complete creations of character in fiction' Conn Iggulden, The Independent _______ 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command . . . As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's navy. Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves. After a character-forming duel, several deadly chases and some dramatic captures and escapes, the young Hornblower is soon forged into a formidable man of the sea. This is the first of eleven books chronicling the nautical adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable hero, Horatio Hornblower. _______ 'Absolutely compelling. One of the great masters of narrative' San Francisco Chronicle
Book Synopsis The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower by : C. Northcote Parkinson
Download or read book The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower written by C. Northcote Parkinson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many know of Horatio Hornblower's exploits during the Napoleonic Wars through the novels of C. S. Forester, but how many know the true Hornblower—the man who rose from midshipman to admiral of the British Fleet? Using Hornblower family papers discovered in the 1970s, C. Northcote Parkinson sets the record straight in this authoritative biography. Drawn from the Hornblower series as well as from Parkinson's knowledge of the Royal Navy, this account of the popular fictional hero is as entertaining as the C. S. Forester novels themselves.
Book Synopsis A Ship of the Line by : C.S. Forester
Download or read book A Ship of the Line written by C.S. Forester and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: May, 1810 – and thirty-nine-year-old Captain Horatio Hornblower has been handed his first ship of the line ... Though the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland is ‘the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy’ and a crew shortage means he must recruit two hundred and fifty landlubbers, Hornblower knows that by the time Sutherland and her squadron reach the blockaded Catalonian coast every seaman will do his duty. But with daring raids against the French army and navy to be made, it will take all Hornblower’s seamanship – and stewardship – to steer a steady course to victory and home ... This is the sixth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester’s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.
Book Synopsis Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by : C. S. Forester
Download or read book Mr. Midshipman Hornblower written by C. S. Forester and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 glory of England. Though not an unqualified success, this first naval adventure teaches the young midshipman enough to launch him on a series of increasingly glorious exploits. This novel-in which young Horatio gets his sea legs, proves his mettle, and shows the makings of the legend he will become-is the first of the eleven swashbuckling Hornblower tales that are today regarded as classic adventure stories of the sea
Download or read book Lord Hornblower written by C.S. Forester and published by eNet Press. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hornblower Saga; Vol 10; Oct 1813 - Jun 1815 Hornblower must save a tyrannical officer from his mutinied crew, advance the Bourbon cause in Le Harve as the city changes it allegiance away from Napoleon, and wage a guerrilla fight with his old love Marie at his side only to find himself captured and condemned to death.
Book Synopsis Lieutenant Hornblower by : C S Forester
Download or read book Lieutenant Hornblower written by C S Forester and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nineteenth century dawns and the Napoleonic Wars rage as Horatio Hornblower faces the fury of the French and Spanish fleets combined. Amidst the hissing of wet wads, the stifling heat of white-hot cannonshot and the clamour of a mutinous crew, new Lieutenant Hornblower will need all of his seafaring cunning to overcome his first challenge in independent command on the high seas. And while blood and violence flow thick and fast aboard a beleaguered HMS Renown, the aftermath of war promises intrigue of an entirely different order: Maria, a young señorita, who might just soften the steely resolve of a young lieutenant. This is the second of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester�s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.
Book Synopsis Staten Island Stories by : Claire Jimenez
Download or read book Staten Island Stories written by Claire Jimenez and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh, compelling collection of stories by a serious new voice on the literary scene. Winner of the Hornblower Award by the New York Society Library, Honorable Mention for the International Latino Book Awards: Best Collection of Short Stories by Empowering Latino Futures New York City's Staten Island is often described as the forgotten borough. But with Staten Island Stories, Claire Jimenez shines a spotlight on the imagined lives of the islanders. Inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, this collection of loosely linked tragicomic short stories travels across time to explore defining moments in the island's history, from the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash and the New York City blackout to the growing opioid and heroin crisis, Eric Garner's murder, and the 2016 presidential election.
Book Synopsis Hornblower Addendum - Five Stories by : C.S. Forester
Download or read book Hornblower Addendum - Five Stories written by C.S. Forester and published by eNet Press. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five adventures of Horatio Hornblower collected here for the first time. These stories about his daring exploits and challenging discoveries were published separately from the Hornblower Saga. Here the author has given free reign to his character - creating unique circumstances to further the development of Hornblower's character and provide new insights.
Book Synopsis Flying Colours by : C. S. C. S. FORESTER
Download or read book Flying Colours written by C. S. C. S. FORESTER and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Colours is a novel in the Horatio Hornblower series by C. S. Forester, following immediately after A Ship of the Line.Royal Navy Captain Hornblower is a prisoner of war of the Spanish in the Napoleonic Wars (the circumstances of his capture being covered at the end of A Ship of the Line). While being taken to Paris to be tried (and executed) on the trumped up charge of piracy, he, Lieutenant Bush and seaman Brown escape. They find shelter for the winter with the Comte de Graçay and his widowed daughter-in-law Marie, despite the Comte having lost all three of his sons fighting for France. During their stay, Hornblower has an affair with Marie.
Book Synopsis The Young Hornblower Omnibus by : C S Forester
Download or read book The Young Hornblower Omnibus written by C S Forester and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1998 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Young Hornblower - a truly formidable force in His Majesty's Service The seventeen-year-old Hornblower became notorious as soon as he stepped on board ship - as the midshipman who was seasick in Spithead. But he was soon to gain his sea legs. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. The reader stands right beside him as he prepares to fight his first duel, feels the heat as he battles to control a blazing ship and shares his horror as he experiences for the first time the panic of the Plague. This omnibus edition contains: Mr Midshipman Hornblower Lieutenant Hornblower Hornblower and the 'Hotspur'
Book Synopsis Admiral Hornblower by : C.S. Forester
Download or read book Admiral Hornblower written by C.S. Forester and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1990-05-31 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An omnibus edition compromising of four C S Forester's classic seafaring tales about Horatio Hornblower, namely: Flying Colours, The Commodore, Lord Hornblower and Hornblower in the West Indies.
Book Synopsis Hornblower During the Crisis by : C.S. Forester
Download or read book Hornblower During the Crisis written by C.S. Forester and published by eNet Press. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hornblower Saga; Vol 4; Apr 1805 - Fall 1805 Although unfinished prior to C.S. Forester's death, Hornblower During the Crisis adds new scope to Hornblower's list of achievements - espionage. It's a risky and daring maneuver in which he must pose as a Spaniard carrying a forged letter from Napoleon. If he succeeds, it will lead to the greatest naval battle in history.
Book Synopsis The African Queen by : C. S. Forester
Download or read book The African Queen written by C. S. Forester and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1984-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rose Sayer joins forces with the Cockney pilot of a dilapidated steam launch in a desperate journey along a Central African river
Book Synopsis Master and Commander by : Patrick O'Brian
Download or read book Master and Commander written by Patrick O'Brian and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2007 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set sail for the read of your life! Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets.
Book Synopsis C. S. Forester and the Hornblower Saga by : Sanford Sternlicht
Download or read book C. S. Forester and the Hornblower Saga written by Sanford Sternlicht and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1999-11-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sternlicht includes little-known facts about Forester's background, his days in Hollywood as a screenwriter, and the genesis of the models for the major characters in the Saga-many of whom were friends and acquaintances of Forester's. Sternlicht discusses extensively the research and writing techniques Forester used in his. depiction of naval warfare and specific campaigns and actions of the Napoleonic period with actual procedures, events, and outcomes. In addition, Sternlicht offers readings and historical background to Forester's two other great historical novels, The African Queen and The General.
