| Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Contributor(s): Forester, C. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316289124 ISBN-13: 9780316289122 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1984 Annotation: With the release of these three books, all eleven novels in C. S. Forester's bestselling series of naval adventure stories are now available in handsome new trade paperback editions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Sea Stories - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98164278 |
| Series: Hornblower Saga (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.56" W x 8.18" (0.60 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 73598 Reading Level: 7.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Horatio Hornblower, only seventeen years old, gets his sea legs in this absolutely compelling (San Francisco Chronicle) first installment of C. S. Forester's classic naval adventure series. 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 his sea legs, proves his mettle, and shows the makings of the legend he will become -- is the first of the eleven swashbuckling Hornblower tales that are today regarded as classic adventure stories of the sea. I recommend Forester to every literate I know. --Ernest Hemingway |