C. S. Forester
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 10-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars. The Hornblower novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938. His other works include The African Queen (1935; turned into a 1951 film by John Huston) and The Good Shepherd (1955; turned into a 2020 film, Greyhound, adapted by and starring Tom Hanks).
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- Penguin Books Ltd, 2023
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 192 páginas
PVP: 14,25 €
ISBN 978-0-241-65417-0
EAN 9780241654170
Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage seriesThere is nothing more dangerous than a desperate manBank clerk William Marble is facing financial ruin - until a visit from a wealthy young relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him an unexpected solution. But there is no such thing as the perfect murder. Gradually ...
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- Michael Joseph, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 13,40 €
ISBN 978-0-241-47527-0
EAN 9780241475270
1942. America enters the war and an untested officer receives his first wartime command . . .Ploughing through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas is a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships, carrying vital Allied supplies. In charge is Commander Krause, a grizzled but unproven veteran of the U.S. Navy. Over the next forty-eight hours he will ...
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- Penguin Books Ltd, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 13,80 €
ISBN 978-1-4059-4917-0
EAN 9781405949170
NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKSDiscover the acclaimed wartime classic from C. S. Forester - originally published as The Good Shepherd'Unbelievably good' James Holland, bestselling author of Normandy '44 It's 1942.America has just joined the war. Greyhound, an international convoy of thirty-seven allied ships, is in operation. Captain Krause must lead his first command ...
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- Collector's Library, 2017
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 248 páginas
PVP: 13,25 €
ISBN 978-1-5098-2677-3
EAN 9781509826773
Central Africa, 1914; Rose Sayer, a thirty-three year-old English woman, is left alone when her missionary brother dies. Her only route out is aboard The African Queen, a steam-powered launch captained by Cockney mechanic, Charlie Alnutt. Determined to do her bit for the war effort and to avenge her brother, Rose persuades Charlie that they ...
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- Harper Collins, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 15,45 €
ISBN 978-0-00-758007-1
EAN 9780007580071
A superb yet neglected novel, 'The General' is the most vivid, moving - and devastating - word-portrait of a World War One British commander ever written, here re-introduced by Max Hastings. Best known for his Hornblower novels, C.S. Forester's 1936 masterpiece follows Herbert Curzon, who fumbled a fortuitous early step on the path to glory ...
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- Penguin UK, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 13,25 €
ISBN 978-0-241-95550-5
EAN 9780241955505
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 96 páginas
PVP: 8,40 €
ISBN 978-0-19-479180-9
EAN 9780194791809
'Hornblower fired.There was a small cloud of smoke, but no bang.This is death, he thought.My pistol was the unloaded one.' But Horatio Hornblower does not die.He survives the duel with Simpson, learns to overcome his seasickness, and goes on to risk his life many times over.It is 1793, Britain is at war with France, and ...
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The film of this famous love and adventure story which starred Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart became one of the most popular films ever made.
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ISBN 978-0-304-35695-9
EAN 9780304356959
Abandoned by the retreating Spanish Army during the Peninsular war, the gun was an eighteen pounder bronze cannon, thirteen feet long, a foot in diameter at the muzzle, and weighing three tons. When a group of Spanish partisans come across it two years later they see in it a chance for victory against the French. ...
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