C. S. Forester
Born 27 Aug 1899 · Died 2 Apr 1966
From Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt · Nationality: United Kingdom · Writes fiction and nonfiction
Cecil Scott Forester, an Englishman, was born in Cairo in 1899, the son of a British army officer. He was educated in London, and for a time he studied medicine. After a World War I stint in the infantry, however, he decided to be a poet. This was a shortlived pursuit and he soon turned to biography and fiction. He then wrote many best-selling novels—African Queen and The General among them—before he wrote the first of his Hornblower stories in 1937. That first book was Beat to Quarters, chronologically the fifth volume in tracing the career of Hornblower. In 1940 Forester moved to Berkeley, California, where he lived for many years between his World War II and postwar travels. In April of 1966, while writing Hornblower and the Crisis, C. S. Forester died. Today, the popularity of his writing still continues to grow, and the names of both Forester and Hornblower have become synonymous with the greatest names in naval literature.
Quotes
“When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.”
The African Queen 1935 “The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.”
p. 52 “That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing.”
A Ship of the Line 1938
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Books by C. S. Forester in order
Books by C. S. Forester in the order they were published, from By C. S. Forester - Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962-06-16) [Hardcover] (1920) to Hornblower and the Crisis (1967).
- 1By C. S. Forester - Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962-06-16)
By C. S. Forester - Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962-06-16) [Hardcover]1920 - 2Hornblower and the Atropos
Hornblower and the Atropos1920 - 3Lieutenant Hornblower
Lieutenant Hornblower1920 - 4Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower1920 - 5Ship of the Line
Ship of the Line1920 - 6The Gun
The Gun1933 - 7The African Queen
The African Queen1935 - 8The General
The General1936 - 9Beat to Quarters
Beat to Quarters1937 - 10The Happy Return
The Happy Return1937 - 11Flying Colours
Flying Colours1938 - 12Captain Horatio Hornblower
Captain Horatio Hornblower1939 - 13Rifleman Dodd
Rifleman Dodd1943 - 14Commodore Hornblower
Commodore Hornblower1945 - 15Lord Hornblower
Lord Hornblower1946 - 16The Young Hornblower
The Young Hornblower1950 - 17Hornblower's Triumph
Hornblower's Triumph1955 - 18The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd1955 - 19Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies1956What's in it (5)
- St Elizabeth of Hungary
- The Star of the South
- The Bewildered Pirates
- The Guns of Carabobo
- The Hurricane
- 20The Indomitable Hornblower
The Indomitable Hornblower1958 - 21The Hornblower Companion
The Hornblower Companion1964 - 22Hornblower and the Crisis
Hornblower and the Crisis1967 - 23Captain Hornblower R.N
Captain Hornblower R.N - 24Hornblower During the Crisis
Hornblower During the Crisis