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The Commodore by C. S. Forester
Category: Fiction
It's 1812 and the fate of Europe lies in the hands of newly appointed Commodore Hornblower ...Dispatched to northern waters to protect Britain's Baltic interests, Horatio Hornblower must halt the advance of Napoleon's empire into Sweden and Russia. But first he must battle the terrible Baltic weather: f ...Show more
The Commodore by C. S. Forester
Category: Fiction | Series: A\Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea Ser.
1812 and the fate of Europe lies in the hands of newly appointed Commodore Hornblower . . . Dispatched to northern waters to protect Britain's Baltic interests, Horatio Hornblower must halt the advance of Napoleon's empire into Sweden and Russia. But first he must battle the terrible Baltic weather: fog ...Show more
The General by C. S. Forester
Category: Fiction
A superb yet neglected novel, 'The General' is the most vivid, moving - and devastating - word-portrait of a World War One British commander ever written, here re-introduced by Max Hastings. Best known for his Hornblower novels, C.S. Forester's 1936 masterpiece follows Herbert Curzon, who fumbled a fort ...Show more
The General by C. S. Forester; Max Hastings (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction
The book John Kelly reads every time he gets a promotion to remind him of 'the perils of hubris, the pitfalls of patriotism and duty unaccompanied by critical thinking'The most vivid, moving - and devastating - word-portrait of a World War One British commander ever written, here re-introduced by Max Ha ...Show more
The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks. Set in the early days of WWII, Greyhound is the story of an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by captain Ernest Krause (Hanks) in his first command of a U.S. destroyer. The convoy ploughs through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas while ...Show more
The Gun by C. S. Forester
Category: Fiction
Abandoned by the retreating Spanish army during the Peninsular War, the gun is an eighteen pounder bronze cannon, thirteen feet long, weighing three tons. When a group of Spanish partisans come across it two years later they see in it a chance for victory against the French - but first they must haul it ...Show more
The Gun by C. S. Forester
Category: Classics
Abandoned by the retreating Spanish Army during the Peninsular war, the gun was an eighteen pounder bronze cannon, thirteen feet long, a foot in diameter at the muzzle, and weighing three tons. When a group of Spanish partisans come across it two years later they see in it a chance for victory against t ...Show more
The Happy Return by C. S. Forester
Category: Fiction | Series: Horatio Hornblower
A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full . . . Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, ...Show more
The Pursued by C. S. Forester
Category: Fiction
Described as a 'riveting read' by Sarah Waters and acclaimed by crime writers such as Andrew Taylor, "The Pursued" is a dark, gripping 1930s psychological thriller by C. S. Forester, the author of "Hornblower". The story begins when Marjorie, a young woman, arrives home one summer evening and finds her ...Show more
The Pursued by C. S. Forester
Category: Fiction
Marjorie had never seen a dead body until she got home one tranquil summer evening and found her sister Dot lying on the kitchen floor in a pretty dress, with her head in the oven. She looked peaceful, as if she was asleep. Their mother suspects, however, that Dot's death was far from natural.
The Pursued (Popular Penguins Crime) by C. S. Forester
Category: Fiction | Series: Green Popular Penguins
Life was largely uneventful for Marjorie Grainger until she came home one night to find her sister dressed up, lying lifelessly on the kitchen floor with her head in the oven. But their mother suspects this is not a simple case of suicide. In fact, she's sure she knows exactly who the killer, is, and st ...Show more
The Ship by C.S. Forester
Category: Fiction
One vital convoy can break Mussolini's stranglehold on Malta - but it is intercepted in the Mediterranean by enemy warships ...Five light British cruisers are left to beat back the armed might of the Italian battle fleet and C.S. Forester - creator of Horatio Hornblower - takes us aboard HMS Artemis as ...Show more