C.S. Forester Books in Order
C.S. Forester is a renowned English novelist celebrated for his captivating tales of adventure and military crusades. He rose to fame with a distinguished writing career that spans various genres. Forester's most notable works include the iconic 11-book <i>Horatio Hornblower</i> series, a seminal exploration of naval warfare during the Napoleonic era. Additionally, he penned the gripping <i>The African Queen</i>, which was later adapted into a film by John Huston in 1951. His novels <i>A Ship of the Line</i> and <i>Flying Colours</i> jointly received the prestigious 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, solidifying his reputation as a masterful storyteller.
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Book Series by C.S. Forester
- #1AmazonPoo-Poo and the Dragons(1968)
- #1AmazonThe Happy Return / Beat to Quarters(1937)
- #2AmazonShip of the Line(1938)
- #3AmazonFlying Colours(1938)
- #4AmazonThe Commodore / Commodore Hornblower(1945)
- #5AmazonLord Hornblower(1946)
- #6AmazonMr. Midshipman Hornblower(1950)
- #7AmazonLieutenant Hornblower(1952)
- #8AmazonHornblower and the Atropos(1953)
- #9AmazonAdmiral Hornblower in the West Indies / Hornblower in the West Indies(1957)
- #10AmazonHornblower and the Hotspur(1962)
- #11AmazonHornblower During the Crisis / Hornblower and the Crisis(1967)
- #12AmazonThe Hornblower Companion (With: Samuel Bryant)(1964)
- #13AmazonCaptain Hornblower R.N.(1965)
- #1AmazonThe Hornblower Companion(1964)
- #1AmazonNapoleon and His Court(1924)
- #2AmazonJosephine, Napoleon's Empress(1925)
- #3AmazonVictor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy(1927)
- #4AmazonLouis XIV: King of France and Navarre(1928)
- #5AmazonLord Nelson / Nelson(1929)
- #6AmazonThe Voyage of the Annie Marble(1929)
- #7AmazonThe Adventures of John Wetherell(1954)
- #8AmazonThe Naval War of 1812 / The Age of Fighting Sail(1957)
- #9AmazonThe Age of Fighting Sail(1957)
- #10AmazonHunting the Bismarck / Sink the Bismarck / The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck(1958)
- #11AmazonLong Before Forty(1967)
- #12AmazonFatal Fascination: A Choice of Crime (With: Christopher Sykes,Eric Linklater,Nigel Balchin)(1968)
- #13AmazonStories for the Dead of Night(1957)
- #14Amazon65 Great Tales Of Horror(1981)
- #15AmazonMysterious Sea Stories(1987)
- #16AmazonFifty Best Mysteries(1993)
- #17AmazonHigh Seas: Stories of Battle and Adventure from the Age of Sail(2002)
- #1AmazonThe Paid Piper(1924)
- #2AmazonA Pawn Among Kings(1924)
- #3AmazonPayment Deferred(1926)
- #4AmazonThe Wonderful Week(1927)
- #5AmazonLove Lies Dreaming(1927)
- #6AmazonThe Shadow of the Hawk / The Daughter of the Hawk(1928)
- #7AmazonSingle-Handed(1929)
- #8AmazonBrown on Resolution(1929)
- #9AmazonPlain Murder(1930)
- #10AmazonTwo-and-twenty(1931)
- #11AmazonRifleman Dodd / Death to the French(1932)
- #12AmazonThe Gun(1933)
- #13AmazonThe Peacemaker(1934)
- #14AmazonThe African Queen(1935)
- #15AmazonThe Pursued(1935)
- #16AmazonMarionettes at home(1936)
- #17AmazonThe General(1936)
- #18AmazonThe Earthly Paradise(1940)
- #19AmazonThe Captain from Connecticut(1941)
- #20AmazonThe Ship(1943)
- #21AmazonThe Sky and the Forest(1948)
- #22AmazonRandall and the River Of Time(1950)
- #23AmazonThe Good Shepherd / Greyhound(1955)
- #24AmazonThe Barbary Pirates(1956)
- #25AmazonLord Nelson(2025)
- #26AmazonAfrican Queen(1980)
- #27AmazonThe Nightmare(1954)
- #28AmazonMan in the Yellow Raft(1969)
- #29AmazonGold from Crete(1970)
About C.S. Forester
C.S. Forester is a renowned English novelist celebrated for his captivating tales of adventure and military crusades. He rose to fame with a distinguished writing career that spans various genres. Forester's most notable works include the iconic 11-book <i>Horatio Hornblower</i> series, a seminal exploration of naval warfare during the Napoleonic era. Additionally, he penned the gripping <i>The African Queen</i>, which was later adapted into a film by John Huston in 1951. His novels <i>A Ship of the Line</i> and <i>Flying Colours</i> jointly received the prestigious 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, solidifying his reputation as a masterful storyteller.
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