The Hornblower Companion - Brossura

Forester, C. S.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1861760981 ISBN 13: 9781861760982

Casa editrice: Chatham Pub, 1998

Riassunto

This book is a beautifully illustrated companion to Hornblower's fictional career describing and illustrating all the main incidents in the ten novels. C S Forester's Hornblower novels have been avidly read for over two generations and are as popular today as when they were first published. They recount stirring adventures in the Royal Navy during the era of the Napoleonic wars and paint a vivid picture of the Senior Service at a time when it grew to dominate the world's oceans. C S Forester's companion to his hero's career describes all the incidents as they appeared in the ten novels, starting with Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and running through to Hornblower in the West Indies, and the chapters are all illustrated with beautifully drawn maps and charts. Some thirty of these, and over one hundred drawings and marginal decorations, bring to life both the events and characters that appear in the novels. In the second part of the book the author describes how the novels were written, what inspired the adventures and how they relate to the real world of the Royal Navy.

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L'autore:

C.S FORESTER was born in 1899 and turned to full-time writing after the success of his first novel, Payment Deferred (1926). He is, of course, best known for his creation of the British naval officer, Horatio Hornblower, who has delighted hundreds of thousands of readers for over fifty years. As well as writing biographies and travel books he is also remembered for The African Queen which was made into a successful film.

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Book by C S Forester

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• Editore: Chatham Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1861760981
• ISBN 13: 9781861760982
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144