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, chronol...
Hornblower and the "Hotspur"
Hornblower and the "Hotspur"
Synopsis
As the Peace of Amiens collapses in 1803, Horatio Hornblower takes command of the HMS Hotspur to scout the French coast. While he faces the looming threat of Napoleon's fleet, he also grapples with the anxieties of his recent marriage and his own self-doubting nature. This naval adventure follows a young commander trying to prove his worth during the opening salvos of a global conflict.
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Horatio HornblowerProtagonist
Napoleon BonaparteAntagonist
