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‘Unbelievably good. Amazing tension, drama and atmosphere’ James Holland

The Good Shepherd

Discover the gripping naval thriller behind the major motion picture starring Tom Hanks

Greyhound

Flying Colours

The Commodore

Lord Hornblower

Hornblower in the West Indies

Hornblower and the Atropos

Hornblower and the Crisis

A Ship of the Line

The Happy Return

Mr Midshipman Hornblower

Hornblower and the Hotspur

Lieutenant Hornblower

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Flying Colours, The Commodore, Lord Hornblower, Hornblower in the West Indies

An omnibus edition compromising of four C S Forester's classic seafaring tales about Horatio Hornblower, namely: Flying Colours, The Commodore, Lord Hornblower and Hornblower in the West Indies.

Step into C.S. Forester's classic seafaring tales about Horatio Hornblower 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 
 
Join Horatio Hornblower and as he sets sail on a world of adventure, fighting against the ruthless Napoleonic France, taking command in the West Indies, and leading his squadron through the vicious seas. 
 
Hornblower shows his relentless courage time and time again in the face of battle, tackling times of trouble with his signature strength, resourcefulness, and with his squadron by his side. 
 
This omnibus edition contains: 
· Flying Colours 
 · The Commodore 
 · Lord Hornblower 
· Hornblower in the West Indies

C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, where his father was stationed as a government official. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital and, after leaving Guy's without a degree, he turned to writing as a career. 
 
His first success was Payment Deferred, a novel written at the age of twenty-four and later dramatized and filmed with Charles Laughton in the leading role. In 1932 Forester was offered a Hollywood contract, and from then until 1939 he spent thirteen weeks of every year in America. 
 
On the outbreak of war he entered the Ministry of Information and later he sailed with the Royal Navy to collect the material for The Ship. He made a voyage to the Bering Sea to gather material for a similar book on the United States Navy, and it was during this trip that he was stricken with arteriosclerosis, a disease which left him crippled. However, he continued to write and in the Hornblower novels created the most renowned sailor in contemporary fiction. He died in 1966.

Admiral Hornblower

Flying Colours, The Commodore, Lord Hornblower, Hornblower in the West Indies

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