"Mr. Midshipman Hornblower" is a captivating historical novel by C. S. Forester, chronicling the early career of Horatio Hornblower, a young and inexperienced midshipman in the British Royal Navy during the late 18th century. Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, the novel follows Hornblower's journey from a shy and uncertain youth to a competent and courageous officer. Through a series of adventurous episodes, including naval battles, daring rescues, and personal challenges, Ho...

Horatio Hornblower was a fictional Napoleonic Wars era Royal Navy officer whose adventures formed a series of novels by C. S. Forester.This collection includes all 11 Novels & 5 Short Stories written by C. S. Forester presented in their original publication order:The Happy ReturnA Ship of the LineFlying Colours"Hornblower and His Majesty""Hornblower and the Hand of Destiny""Hornblower's Charitable Offering"The CommodoreLord Ho...

An excellent story, told in style: Three advertising men decide to kill a colleague to avoid dismissal and the grim prospect of joblessness.

Cut off from his regiment by enemy forces pursuing his British comrades in retreat, Rifleman Matthew Dodd commits himself to fighting his way back to friendly lines. Dodd's simple, unyielding devotion to his duties as a soldier exemplifies core values - honor, courage and commitment - which all Marines are expected to demonstrate. He never thinks in terms of surrender. He doesn't just escape and evade - he continues to perform as a rifleman, killing enemy soldiers. In one of the opening ch...

Now a major motion picture Greyhound on AppleTV+, a WWII naval thriller of "high and glittering excitement" (New York Times) from the author of the legendary Hornblower seriesThe mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, they will deliver desperately needed supplies, but only if they can m...

Author C.S. Forester is best known for his gripping novels about naval warfare, but when he turned his talents to other subjects, the results were equally captivating ― and full of surprises. C. S. Forester had a lighter side and, with a twist of his wry wit, could amuse, bamboozle, or educate, all with equal aplomb.Among those stories featured in this collection are such favorites as:“To My Darling” ― Frank Fearon's days as a novelist were about to end. Diagnosed with a fa...

For all his young life Albert Brown had known that he was to join the Navy, and the beginning of the First World War finds him a Leading Seaman. Alone on the barren island of Resolution in the South Pacific, he fights against the might of a German battleship. This is the first of C.S.Forester's novels about the sea.

Story of a battle engaged in by a British light cruiser in the Mediterranean. HMS Artemis is part of an escort task force protecting a convoy of supplies desperately needed by the British forces in Malta. It follows the life of a Royal Navy light cruiser for a single action, including a detailed analysis of many of the men on board and the contribution they made.

Hornblower and the Crisis is an unifinished Hornblower novel, that fits in as number 4 in the series. This edition includes two bonus short stories: Hornblower and the Widow McCool, plus The Last Encounter.

The Good Shepherd has been adapted into a 2020 major motion picture called Greyhound for Apple TV+. It was scripted by and starring Tom Hanks.The hero of The Good Shepherd is Commander Krause, the captain of the fictional US Navy Mahan-class destroyer USS Keeling in World War II. Krause is in overall command of an escort force protecting an Atlantic convoy in the Battle of the Atlantic, shepherding it through the Mid-Atlantic gap where no antisubmarine aircraft are able to defend c...

In 1941, Hitler's deadly Bismarck, the fastest battleship afloat, broke out into the Atlantic. Its mission: to cut the lifeline of British shipping and win the war with one mighty blow. How the Royal Navy tried to meet this threat and its desperate attempt to bring the giant Bismarck to bay is the story C. S. Forester tells with mounting excitement and suspense!

No one but a madman would put to sea in such conditions. A blizzard cut visibility to yards. Long Island Sound was galloping whitecaps. But in this second year of the war of 1812, conditions like these spelled opportunity to Captain Josiah Peabody.His mission: break the British Blockade. The only thing in his favor was surprise. Who would expect a Yankee frigate in Long Island Sound at night?