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C.S. Forester


Born
in Cairo, Egypt
December 13, 1901

Died
April 02, 1966

Genre
Fiction, Historical Fiction, History


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: 4.2 · 149,958 ratings · 7,466 reviews · 413 distinct works • Similar authors
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
4.17 avg rating — 17,714 ratings — published 1950 — 222 editions
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Lieutenant Hornblower (Horn...
4.31 avg rating — 12,522 ratings — published 1952 — 192 editions
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Beat to Quarters
4.28 avg rating — 11,553 ratings — published 1937 — 185 editions
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Hornblower and the Hotspur ...
4.31 avg rating — 11,108 ratings — published 1962 — 20 editions
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Hornblower and the Atropos ...
4.24 avg rating — 9,223 ratings — published 1953 — 141 editions
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The Good Shepherd
4.18 avg rating — 9,360 ratings — published 1955 — 35 editions
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Ship of the Line (Hornblowe...
4.32 avg rating — 8,226 ratings — published 1938 — 150 editions
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The African Queen
4.01 avg rating — 8,776 ratings — published 1935 — 186 editions
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Flying Colours (Hornblower ...
4.34 avg rating — 8,019 ratings — published 1938 — 144 editions
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Commodore Hornblower
4.25 avg rating — 7,865 ratings — published 1945 — 110 editions
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Series by C.S. Forester

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Lieutenant Hornblower Hornblower and the Hotspur Hornblower During the Crisis Hornblower and the Atropos Beat to Quarters Ship of the Line
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“When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.”
― C.S. Forester, The African Queen
tags: alcohol, argument, drinking, gin, mothers
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“Clairvoyant, Hornblower could foresee that in a year's time, the world would hardy remember the incident. In twenty years, it would be entirely forgotten. Yet those headless corpses up there in Muzillac; those shattered redcoats; those Frenchmen caught in the four-pounder's blast of canister -- they were as dead as if it had been a day in which history had been changed.”
― C.S. Forester, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
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“I thank God daily for the good fortune of my birth, for I am certain I would have made a miserable peasant.”
― C.S. Forester, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
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Polls

HISTORICAL FICTION POLL "C"
There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have divided the books into groups of 15 books apiece. Make sure to choose your favorite from each poll and make sure to vote in each of these polls so that we can generate a list according to priorities and interests. You will only receive one notification per poll. There will be simultaneous polls so please make sure to vote in each one.

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Book 1 of the Hornblower Saga) by C.S. Forester C.S. Forester C.S. Forester

MR. MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOWER BY C.S. FORESTER
 
  8 votes, 22.9%

Alaska by James A. Michener James A. Michener James A. Michener

ALASKA BY JAMES A. MICHENER
 
  4 votes, 11.4%

Kidnapped (Scholastic Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson

KIDNAPPED BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
 
  3 votes, 8.6%

Men of Iron by Howard Pyle Howard Pyle Howard Pyle

MEN OF IRON BY HOWARD PYLE
 
  3 votes, 8.6%

His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik Naomi Novik

HIS MAJESTY'S DRAGON BY NAOMI NOVIK
 
  3 votes, 8.6%

Burr A Novel by Gore Vidal Gore Vidal Gore Vidal

BURR BY GORE VIDAL
 
  3 votes, 8.6%

Creation A Novel by Gore Vidal Gore Vidal Gore Vidal

CREATION BY GORE VIDAL
 
  3 votes, 8.6%

Rabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts Kenneth Roberts

RABBLE IN ARMS BY KENNETH ROBERTS
 
  2 votes, 5.7%

Julian A Novel by Gore Vidal Gore Vidal Gore Vidal

JULIAN BY GORE VIDAL
 
  2 votes, 5.7%

The Lively Lady by Kenneth Lewis Roberts Kenneth Lewis Roberts

THE LIVELY LADY BY KENNETH ROBERTS
 
  1 vote, 2.9%

Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts Kenneth Roberts

NORTHWEST PASSAGE BY KENNETH ROBERTS
 
  1 vote, 2.9%

Lincoln A Novel by Gore Vidal Gore Vidal Gore Vidal

LINCOLN BY GORE VIDAL
 
  1 vote, 2.9%

Space by James A. Michener James A. Michener James A. Michener

SPACE BY JAMES A. MICHENER
 
  1 vote, 2.9%

Texas A Novel by James A. Michener James A. Michener James A. Michener

TEXAS BY JAMES A. MICHENER
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Citizen Washington by William Martin William Martin

CITIZEN WASHINGTON
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

35 total votes
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