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C.S. Forester

Born

in Cairo, Egypt

December 13, 1901

Died

April 02, 1966

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, History

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Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure and military crusades. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, about naval warfare during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.

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Average rating: 4.21 · 163,549 ratings · 8,218 reviews · 238 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 4.18 avg rating — 19,495 ratings — published 1950 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 13,665 ratings — published 1952 — 198 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 ) 4.29 avg rating — 12,371 ratings — published 1937 — 213 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 12,111 ratings — published 1962 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Shepherd 4.18 avg rating — 10,537 ratings — published 1955 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5) 4.25 avg rating — 10,022 ratings — published 1953 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7) 4.32 avg rating — 8,818 ratings — published 1938 — 176 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #8) 4.35 avg rating — 8,679 ratings — published 1938 — 165 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The African Queen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,349 ratings — published 1935 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commodore Hornblower 4.26 avg rating — 8,538 ratings — published 1945 — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hornblower Saga: Publication Order (11 books)
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