Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies by Forester, C. S. (9780316289412)

Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

by Forester, C. S.

Paperback - English

Hornblower confronts pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in this excellent installment (The Atlantic) in C. S. Forester's beloved saga of naval adventures.

In the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, the legendary Rear Admiral Lord Hornblower struggles to impose order. Serving as commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Hornblower confronts a formidable array of hostile forces. The war is over, but peaceful it is not.

A rattling good story. --New York Times

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0316289418

EAN

9780316289412

Publisher

LITTLE BROWN & CO

Publication Date

02 Nov 1989

Pages

336

Weight (kg)

0.37

Dimensions (cm)

20.9 x 13.9 x 2.5

About Author

Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester, born in Cairo in August 1899, was the fifth and last child of George Foster Smith and Sarah Medhurst Troughton. After finishing school at Dulwich College he attended Guy's Medical School but failed to finish the course, preferring to write than study. However, it was not until he was aged twenty-seven that he earned enough from his writing to live on.During the Second World War, Forester moved to the United States where he met a young British intelligence officer named Roald Dahl, whom he encouraged to write about his experiences in the RAF.Forester's most notable