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C.S Forester was born in Cairo in 1899. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital but left without a degree and turned to writing as a career. His first success was PAYMENT DEFERRED, which was later dramatized. In 1932 Forester was offered a Hollywood contract and from then until 1939 spent thirteen weeks in America each year. Upon the outbreak of war he entered the Ministry of Information, and he later sailed with the Royal Navy to collect material for THE SHIP. He made a voyage to the Bering Sea to gather material for a similar book on the US Navy, and it was during this trip that he developed arteriosclerosis, a disease that left him crippled. He continued to write and in CAPTAIN HORNBLOWER created the most renowned sailor in contemporary history.
C.S Forester died in 1966.


While PFD cannot vouch for the information contained in it, the website below has a bibliography which contains much useful information.


LORD NELSON

CHATHAM (20 Sep 01)


THE GUN

CASSELL (12 Apr 01)


LIEUTENANT HORNBLOWER

PENGUIN (1 Dec 99)


THE HORNBLOWER COMPANION

CHATHAM (1 Oct 98)


MR MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOWER

PENGUIN (1 Sep 98)


THE HOSTAGE

  (1 Jul 98)


HORNBLOWER AND THE ATROPOS

PENGUIN (1 Feb 93)


HORNBLOWER IN THE WEST INDIES

PENGUIN (7 May 92)


THE YOUNG HORNBLOWER

JOSEPH (1 Dec 89)


DEATH TO THE FRENCH

PAN (8 May 87)


HORNBLOWER & THE HOTSPUR

PENGUIN (1 Nov 68)


PLAIN MURDER

CHIVERS (1 Jan 68)


ADMIRAL HORNBLOWER OMNIBUS

JOSEPH (14 Nov 66)


CAPTAIN HORNBLOWER R.N.

JOSEPH (16 Sep 65)


HUNTING THE BISMARCK

PENGUIN (5 Apr 63)


BROWN ON RESOLUTION

BODLEY (1 Jan 59)


THE AFRICAN QUEEN

PENGUIN (1 Jan 56)


THE COMMODORE

PENGUIN (1 Jan 56)


FLYING COLOURS

PENGUIN (1 Jan 56)


A SHIP OF THE LINE

PENGUIN (1 Dec 51)


THE HAPPY RETURN

PENGUIN (1 Jul 51)


THE EARTHLY PARADISE

PENGUIN


THE SHIP

PENGUIN


LORD HORNBLOWER

PENGUIN


HORNBLOWER GOES TO SEA

PENGUIN


HUNTING THE BISMARCK

JOSEPH