Admiral Hornblower Omnibus: "Flying Colours", "Commodore", "Lord Hornblower" and "Hornblower in the West Indies" - Hardcover

Forester, C. S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718100190 ISBN 13: 9780718100193

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 1966

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 1966
• ISBN 10: 0718100190
• ISBN 13: 9780718100193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 758