• (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare,...
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    Indies by C. S. Forester) Clorinda (from Hornblower in the West Indies by C. S. Forester) Crab (from Hornblower in the West Indies by C. S. Forester) Harvey...
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    British fleet, C. S. Forester, which had been fishing inside the 12 nmi (22 km) limit, was shelled and captured by the Icelandic gunboat V/s Þór ("Thor")...
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    Born in East Dulwich, London, England, Forester was the elder son of the writer and novelist C. S. Forester and his wife Kathleen. He moved with his...
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  • series of novels and stories by C. S. Forester. He later became the subject of films and radio and television programmes, and C. Northcote Parkinson elaborated...
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  • 1936 novel authored by writer C. S. Forester. Known for his Horatio Hornblower novels and 1935's The African Queen, Forester attempted in the work to portray...
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  • the heart of the canon of an author often compared to Jane Austen, C. S. Forester and other British authors central to English literature. The 2003 film...
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  • British historical fiction war television films based on three of C. S. Forester's ten novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal...
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  • Hornblower (published 1946) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester, originally intended to be the last in the series. Hornblower is tasked...
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  • Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C.S. Forester. Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal...
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  • Quarters in the US) is the first of the Horatio Hornblower novels by C. S. Forester. It was published in 1937. The American title is derived from the expression...
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  • Commodore (published 1945) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. It was published in the United States under the title Commodore Hornblower...
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  • Hornblower (published 1952) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. It is the second book in the series chronologically, but the seventh...
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  • the Seas by Jules Verne, 1868 African Queen – The African Queen by C. S. Forester, 1935 Alice May – from the poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert...
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  • three of C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower novels: "Beat to Quarters" (1937), A Ship of the Line (1938), and Flying Colours (1938). Forester is credited...
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    Dahl met the noted British novelist C. S. Forester, who was also working to aid the British war effort. Forester worked for the British Ministry of Information...
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  • the Hotspur (published 1962) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. It is the third book in the series chronologically, but the tenth by...
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  • Greyhound (film) (category Films based on works by C. S. Forester)
    screenplay. The film is based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, and follows a US Navy commander on his first assignment commanding...
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  • A Ship of the Line is an historical seafaring novel by C. S. Forester. It follows his fictional hero Horatio Hornblower during his tour as captain of a...
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  • a 1967 historical novel by C. S. Forester. It forms part of the Horatio Hornblower series, and as a result of Forester's death in 1966, it was left unfinished...
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  • seeking an author to follow in the footsteps of C S Forester, creator of the Hornblower series of novels. Forester had died in 1966 and a year later, at the...
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    inspiration for the short story "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck" by C. S. Forester. In this version the hero, Ed Jones, remains at his station aboard the...
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  • Midshipman Hornblower is a 1950 Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. Although it may be considered as the first episode in the Hornblower...
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  • Hornblower, the protagonist in a series of novels and short stories by C.S. Forester. The Even Chance is the name given to the film in the United Kingdom...
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  • The Good Shepherd (novel) (category Novels by C. S. Forester)
    is a 1955 British novel about naval warfare during World War II, by C. S. Forester, exploring the difficulties of the Battle of the Atlantic, specifically...
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  • Sink the Bismarck! (category Films based on works by C. S. Forester)
    war film based on the 1959 book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by C. S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More and Dana Wynter and was directed by Lewis Gilbert...
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    Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-6879-9. Forester, C. S. (1962). Hornblower and the Hotspur. Michael Joseph. Thumbnails of pictures...
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  • frigate in 1795 and broken up in 1816. This was the ship popularised by C. S. Forester in the early volumes of his Hornblower series of novels. HMS Indefatigable...
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    became an American citizen. As a child, Cornwell loved the novels of C. S. Forester which chronicled the adventures of fictional British naval officer Horatio...
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  • The Last Encounter (category Short stories by C. S. Forester)
    "The Last Encounter" is a short story by C. S. Forester which provides the final chapter in the life of his fictional naval hero Horatio Hornblower. It...
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