Flying Colours - Couverture souple

Forester, C.S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0316289396 ISBN 13 : 9780316289399

Editeur : Back Bay Books, 1989

Synopsis

Book by CS Forester

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

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. On the outbreak of war he entered the Ministry of Information and later he 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 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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Before there was Patrick O'Brian, there was C. S. Forester, said the Wall Street Journal in a recent review that described the eleven-volume series of Horatio Hornblower novels as spellbinding. This epic saga of turmoil and triumph on the high seas, which recounts the exploits of one of the most daring and resourceful officers in the Royal Navy as he wrestles with his own accursed unhappy temperament and as he sails valiantly into battle after battle against Napoleon's forces, has delighted millions of readers since the series debuted in 1938.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Back Bay Books
• Date d'édition: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0316289396
• ISBN 13: 9780316289399
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256