C. S Forester

Escaped from an island prison more deadly than Devil's Island, Dawkins has everything to lose and nothing to gain by not getting involved with young Nina. But he had promised to protect her no matter what the cost…

Introducing the gallant hero of "Beat to Quarters," Captain Hornblower, in the first of a series of grand adventures. For his first command after escaping from France, Hornblower is given charge of the royal yacht - and he soon requires all his skill and instinct to prevent disaster!

First published in 1927, now public domain. The history of Italy-from the Congress of Vienna to the rise of Mussolini-is treated in detail, with the clarity and fine writing one came to expect from C. S. Forester.

The year is 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Horatio Hornblower, a seventeen-year-old boy unschooled in seafaring and the ways of seamen, is ordered to board a French merchant ship and take command of crew and cargo for the glory of England. Though not an unqualified success, this first naval adventure teaches the young midshipman enough to launch him on a series of increasingly glorious exploits. This novel—in which young Horatio gets

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"The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, they will deliver desperately needed supplies, but onlyif they can make it through the wolfpack of German submarines that awaits and outnumbers them in the perilous seas. For forty eight hours, Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the...

Examines the history of the Barbary pirates, and discusses their relationship with the United States Navy in the early years of the country's entry into the shipping trade.

The book John Kelly reads every time he gets a promotion to remind him of 'the perils of hubris, the pitfalls of patriotism and duty unaccompanied by critical thinking' The most vivid, moving - and devastating - word-portrait of a World War One British commander ever written, here re-introduced by Max Hastings. C.S. Forester's 1936 masterpiece follows Lt General Herbert Curzon, who fumbled a fortuitous early step on the path to glory in the Boer War....

In the midst of his wedding reception, Hornblower receives orders to report the next day to his command in the Channel Fleet and help protect England against Napoleon's threatened invasion

Before C.S. Forester achieved literary success with his famous saga of Captain Horatio Hornblower and the great romantic novels such as "The Africa Queen", he had a difficult time making his start as an author. “Long Before Forty” is the account of his lonely struggle to learn how to write. The concluding section, "Some Personal Notes," is a memoir of his creation of the famous Captain Hornblower!