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Lieutenant Hornblower

Lieutenant Hornblower
By C. S. Forester

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When the Renown's cruel captain goes insane and First Lieutenant Buckland has to assume command, the ship's officers are all put to the test. None comes through the ordeal better than the youngest, Horatio Hornblower.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1499303 in Books
  • Published on: 1998-06
  • Format: Abridged
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Audio Cassette

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From Library Journal
This trio offer more of the salty adventures of the title character, who sailed the ocean blue during the Napoleonic Wars.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author
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.