Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies - Forester, C. S.
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Hornblower confronts pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in this "excellent" installment (The Atlantic) in C. S. Forester's beloved saga of naval adventures.
In the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, the legendary Rear Admiral Lord Hornblower struggles to impose order. Serving as commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Hornblower confronts a formidable array of hostile forces. The war is over, but peaceful it is not.
"A rattling good story." --New York Times

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Produktbeschreibung
Hornblower confronts pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in this "excellent" installment (The Atlantic) in C. S. Forester's beloved saga of naval adventures.

In the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, the legendary Rear Admiral Lord Hornblower struggles to impose order. Serving as commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Hornblower confronts a formidable array of hostile forces. The war is over, but peaceful it is not.

"A rattling good story." --New York Times
Autorenporträt
Cecil Scott Forester, 1899 in Kairo geboren, wuchs in England auf und besuchte die Guy's Hospital Medical School, um Medizin zu studieren. Doch schon bald wandte er sich ganz der Schriftstellerei zu. 1926 erzielte er seinen ersten großen Erfolg. Horatio Hornblower macht er mit seinem elfbändigen Romanzyklus zum bekanntesten Seehelden aller Zeiten in der maritimen Literatur und wurde selbst weltberühmt. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg lebte der begnadete Erzähler in Kalifornien, wo er 1966 in Fullerton verstarb.
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"Excellent...What makes Forester's novels so winning is not so much their firm foundation of authenticity as it is the engaging, honest character of their commanding officer."-Atlantic Monthly