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Mr Midshipman Hornblower

A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea

By (author) C.S. Forester
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Published: 13th Jul 2017
Dimensions: w 119mm h 290mm d 24mm
Weight: 230g
ISBN-10: 1405928298
ISBN-13: 9781405928298
Barcode No: 9781405928298
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Synopsis
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

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I recommend Forester to every literate I know -- Ernest Hemingway I find Hornblower admirable, vastly entertaining -- Sir Winston Churchill One of the best. Everyone interested in war, or in human nature, should read * Times Literary Supplement * Absolutely compelling. One of the great masters of narrative * San Francisco Chronicle * A master of the genre * New York Times *