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Ship of the Line
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Product Description
The horror of a hurricane at sea, and the menace of onshore gun batteries threaten to hinder Captain Hornblower's passage to the Spanish station.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2299664 in Books
- Published on: 2000-03
- Format: Audiobook
- Original language: English
- Binding: Audio Cassette
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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.
