C. S. Forester (1899–1966)
Autor(a) de Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
About the Author
Born Cecil Louis Troughton Smith on August 27, 1899, in Cairo, Egypt, where his father was a government official, C. S. Forester grew up mainly in England. He was educated at Dulwich College, studying medicine briefly before decidint to become a writer. Forester moved to the United States before mostrar mais the start of World War II, and lived in Berkeley, California, until his death in 1966. Although Forester was a journalist, a novelist and a Hollywood scriptwriter, he is probably best known for his historical fiction, particularly the series of novels that feature Horatio Hornblower. The eleven-book series begins with Mr. Midshipmen Hornblower, in which the seventeen-year old Hornblower joins the British navy in 1793, just as the Napoleonic Wars are about to begin. Hornblower's continuing adventures, as well as his advancement to the highest ranks of the navy, are chronicled in further books, including Beat to Quarters, Flying Colours, Commodore Hornblower, Lord Hornblower, The Happy Return, and A Ship of the Line, for which Forester recived the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1939. Several of Forester's novels were made into films, most notably Payment Deferred (his first novel published in 1926), Eagle Squadron, The Commandos (the movie title was The Commandos Strike at Dawn), Captain Horatio Hornblower, Sink the Bismarck!, and The African Queen, starring Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. Forester's nonfiction includes The Age of Fighting Sail: The Story of the Naval War of 1812, as well as biographies of Lord Nelson, Napoleon, Josephine, and King Louis XIV. He also wrote an autobiography, Long Before Forty. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de C. S. Forester
Captain Hornblower R. N.: Hornblower and the Atropos / The Happy Return / A Ship of the Line (1937) 363 cópias
Admiral Hornblower Omnibus: Flying Colours / The Commodore / Lord Hornblower / Hornblower in the West Indies (1996) 285 cópias
The Ship / Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / The Earthly Paradise / The General / The Captain from Connecticut / The African… (1977) 37 cópias
Captain Horatio Hornblower, Part II 15 cópias
Captain Horatio Hornblower (Hornblower and the Atropos; The Happy Return; A Ship of the Line; Flying Colors) (2019) — Autor — 13 cópias
A Ship of the Line / Flying Colours / The Commodore / Lord Hornblower / Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (1994) 11 cópias
The Last Encounter [short story] 7 cópias
Captain Horatio Hornblower, Part I 7 cópias
The Bedchamber Mystery with which is included the story of The Eleven Deckchairs and Modernity and Maternity (1944) 6 cópias
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Hotspur / Hornblower and the Crisis (1953) — Autor — 6 cópias
One Wonderful Week 6 cópias
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Hotspur / Hornblower and the Atropos / Beat to… (1994) 3 cópias
Horatio Hornblower books 3 cópias
Capt Horatio Hornblower 2 cópias
The Point and the Edge [short story] 2 cópias
The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" 2 cópias
Breng de Bismarck tot zinken! 1 exemplar(es)
UM MONSTRO 1 exemplar(es)
Des Königs Admiral : Roman in 2 Büchern 1 exemplar(es)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower: Chapter Two: The Cargo of Rice 1 exemplar(es)
Greyhound (Movie Tie-In): A Novel 1 exemplar(es)
Capitan Horacio Hornblower 1 exemplar(es)
"Bismarck'? Bat?r?n?z" 1 exemplar(es)
Il capitano Hornblower 1 exemplar(es)
Captain Horatio Hornblower - Vol. II (of 3) 1 exemplar(es)
The Hornblower saga. Admiral Hornblower 1 exemplar(es)
Hornblower's Temptation 1 exemplar(es)
Hornblower and The Last Encounter 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise 1 exemplar(es)
The Point and the Edge 1 exemplar(es)
Horatio Hornblower 1 exemplar(es)
The Young Hornblower Omnibu: Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 1 exemplar(es)
Orgoglio e passione 1 exemplar(es)
De jonge Hornblower de jonge jaren van Horatio Hornblower, de legendarische zeeheld die vocht op zeven zeeën 1 exemplar(es)
Konvoi 1943 1 exemplar(es)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Atropos / The Happy Return 1 exemplar(es)
Il cielo e la foresta 1 exemplar(es)
Der Kapitän Roman in 3 Büchern 1 exemplar(es)
Der junge Hornblower : Roman in 3 Büchern 1 exemplar(es)
Ship in the line 1 exemplar(es)
L'incrociatore 1 exemplar(es)
Hornblower During the Crisis / Hornblower and the Atropos / Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies 1 exemplar(es)
The Eleven Deckchairs [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
. El Cairo, 27/8/1899 - Fullerton, USA, 2/4/1966 1 exemplar(es)
Hornblower Once Again: A Biography and Short Stories 1 exemplar(es)
Lieutenant Hornblower / Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies / A Ship of the Line (1900) 1 exemplar(es)
Gold from Crete [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Paradiso terrestre 1 exemplar(es)
The Bedchamber Mystery [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Rendevous 1 exemplar(es)
Horatio Hornblower: Collector's Edition 1 exemplar(es)
Der Kapitän Roman in 3 Büchern: Der Kapitän - An Spaniens Küsten - Unter wehender Flagge 1 exemplar(es)
Fähnrich Hornblower 1 exemplar(es)
Castigo Adiado 1 exemplar(es)
Simples Assassínio 1 exemplar(es)
Le avventure del capitano Hornblower 1 exemplar(es)
Il ritorno di Hornblower 1 exemplar(es)
Hornblower i Östersjön 1 exemplar(es)
Rivulets of Blood 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Mammoth Book of Men O'War: Stories from the Glory Days of Sail (1999) — Contribuinte — 91 cópias
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories (2002) — Contribuinte — 77 cópias
The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak: Classic and New Stories from the Age of Fighting Sail (2001) — Contribuinte — 33 cópias
The Greatest War Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Four Incredible War Tales (2001) — Contribuinte — 29 cópias
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Contribuinte — 24 cópias
Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov de vijftig beste science fiction verhalen (1981) — Contribuinte — 15 cópias
More Murder on Cue: Stage, Screen & Radio Favorites: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1988) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1958, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1958) — Contribuinte — 8 cópias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Bel Ria • The Naked Country • The Physicians • Captain Horatio Hornblower •… (1977) 7 cópias
Voor en na middernacht : vierendertig beroemde spook- en griezelverhalen (1949) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
Het dagboek in de sneeuw : en andere griezelverhalen — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
20th Century Fox Studio Classics Collection: Volume 11 (The Blue Max / The Desert Fox / Immortal Sergeant / Sink the… — Writer — 6 cópias
The Great Train Robbery • Blind Love • Brown on Resolution • Where are the Children? • Among the Elephants (1974) 5 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1956, Vol. 10, No. 6 (1956) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
Payment Deferred: A Play in a Prologue, Three Acts and an Epilogue (1934) — Original novel — 3 cópias
Heroes of War Collection - Navy Battles (The Enemy Below, The Frogmen, Morituri, Sink the Bismarck!) — Writer — 3 cópias
The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1962 — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
High Moment: Stories of Supreme Crises in the Lives of Great Men — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Selecciones Reader's Digest: (libros condensados) El Gran Robo del Tren. Un Hombre Contra un Crucero. La Canción de… (1977) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Merlin's Keep • A Stranger is Watching • The Experiment • Brown on Resolution 1 exemplar(es)
Argosy: December 1964 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Argosy, May 14, 1938 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Argosy, January 7, 1939 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Argosy, January 18, 1941 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Lilliput Magazine. November - December 1952. Vol. 31 no. 6. Issue no. 186. — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Argosy (UK) [Vol. IV No. 5, June 1943] — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Saturday Evening Post July 16, 1966 No. 15 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Forever England [1935 film] — Original novel — 1 exemplar(es)
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Synnitön lankeemus [1943 film] — Original story — 1 exemplar(es)
My Most Exciting Story: A Collection of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors (1936) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Argosy, March 19, 1938 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Eagle Squadron [1942 film] — Story — 1 exemplar(es)
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - 1958/08 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Great tales of adventure: A selection of condensed novels and full-length short stories (1982) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Forester, C. S.
- Nome de batismo
- Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton
- Outros nomes
- Forester, Cecil Scott
- Data de nascimento
- 1899-08-27
- Data de falecimento
- 1966-04-02
- Local de enterro
- Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, California, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Cairo, Egypt
- Local de falecimento
- Fullerton, California, USA
- Causa da morte
- stroke
- Locais de residência
- Cairo, Egypt
London, England, UK
Berkeley, California, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Fullerton, California, USA - Educação
- Alleyn's School, London
Dulwich College, London
Guy's Hospital, London - Ocupação
- novelist
short-story writer
journalist
screenwriter - Relacionamentos
- Forester, John (son)
- Organizações
- British Ministry of Information (WWII)
- Premiações
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1939)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 147
- Also by
- 158
- Membros
- 30,728
- Popularidade
- #646
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 540
- ISBNs
- 972
- Idiomas
- 21
- Favorito
- 117
In a sense it us a bit like Patricia Highsmith's Ripley, you know he's a villain, you are waiting to see what he does next and if he gets away with it. This is told by an omnipresent narrator and we see events and actions that impact on 2 main protagonists. Morris is also a lot less charming than Ripley, you don;t want him to get away with it in quite the same way. I listened to it and I'd certainly read or listen to more by Forester in this vein.… (mais)