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C. S. Forester
C. S. Forester
27 Aug 1899 – 2 Apr 1966- Books
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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.
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C. S. Forester is most celebrated for his Horatio Hornblower series, which chronicles the naval career of its protagonist during the Napoleonic Wars. These novels are renowned for their detailed historical accuracy and compelling character development.
While the Horatio Hornblower books were not published in chronological order of the character's life, there is a widely accepted internal chronological order that many readers prefer for following Hornblower's career progression. The series can also be enjoyed by reading the books in their publication order.
Several of C. S. Forester's works have been adapted for the screen, most notably "The African Queen" and the various adaptations of the Horatio Hornblower stories, including a popular television series.