C. S. Forester (1899–1966)
Auteur de Aspirant de marine
A propos de l'auteur
Born Cecil Louis Troughton Smith on August 27, 1899, in Cairo, Egypt, where his father was a government official, C. S. Forester grew up mainly in England. He was educated at Dulwich College, studying medicine briefly before decidint to become a writer. Forester moved to the United States before afficher plus the start of World War II, and lived in Berkeley, California, until his death in 1966. Although Forester was a journalist, a novelist and a Hollywood scriptwriter, he is probably best known for his historical fiction, particularly the series of novels that feature Horatio Hornblower. The eleven-book series begins with Mr. Midshipmen Hornblower, in which the seventeen-year old Hornblower joins the British navy in 1793, just as the Napoleonic Wars are about to begin. Hornblower's continuing adventures, as well as his advancement to the highest ranks of the navy, are chronicled in further books, including Beat to Quarters, Flying Colours, Commodore Hornblower, Lord Hornblower, The Happy Return, and A Ship of the Line, for which Forester recived the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1939. Several of Forester's novels were made into films, most notably Payment Deferred (his first novel published in 1926), Eagle Squadron, The Commandos (the movie title was The Commandos Strike at Dawn), Captain Horatio Hornblower, Sink the Bismarck!, and The African Queen, starring Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. Forester's nonfiction includes The Age of Fighting Sail: The Story of the Naval War of 1812, as well as biographies of Lord Nelson, Napoleon, Josephine, and King Louis XIV. He also wrote an autobiography, Long Before Forty. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de C. S. Forester
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Hotspur (1950) 403 exemplaires
Admiral Hornblower Omnibus: Flying Colours / The Commodore / Lord Hornblower / Hornblower in the West Indies (1996) 286 exemplaires
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Atropos (1900) 230 exemplaires
The Ship / Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / The Earthly Paradise / The General / The Captain from Connecticut / The African… (1977) 37 exemplaires
Captain Horatio Hornblower, Part II 15 exemplaires
Captain Horatio Hornblower (Hornblower and the Atropos; The Happy Return; A Ship of the Line; Flying Colors) (2019) — Auteur — 13 exemplaires
The Last Encounter [short story] 7 exemplaires
Captain Horatio Hornblower, Part I 7 exemplaires
The Bedchamber Mystery with which is included the story of The Eleven Deckchairs and Modernity and Maternity (1944) 6 exemplaires
One Wonderful Week 6 exemplaires
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Hotspur / Hornblower and the Crisis (1953) — Auteur — 6 exemplaires
Horatio Hornblower books 3 exemplaires
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Hotspur / Hornblower and the Atropos / Beat to… (1994) 3 exemplaires
The Man in the Yellow Raft [short story] 3 exemplaires
Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers, Volume Three: Captain Horatio Hornblower/ Jane Eyre/ My Friend… 2 exemplaires
Capt Horatio Hornblower 2 exemplaires
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Hotspur / Hornblower During the Crisis /… 2 exemplaires
The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" 2 exemplaires
Le avventure del capitano Hornblower (3 Volumi) 2 exemplaires
The Point and the Edge [short story] 2 exemplaires
Capitan Horacio Hornblower 1 exemplaire
"Bismarck'? Bat?r?n?z" 1 exemplaire
Greyhound (Movie Tie-In): A Novel 1 exemplaire
The Hornblower saga. Admiral Hornblower 1 exemplaire
Il capitano Hornblower 1 exemplaire
UM MONSTRO 1 exemplaire
Breng de Bismarck tot zinken! 1 exemplaire
The Eleventh Houri 1 exemplaire
Hornblower and The Last Encounter 1 exemplaire
Hornblower's Temptation 1 exemplaire
The Point and the Edge 1 exemplaire
Ship in the line 1 exemplaire
De jonge Hornblower de jonge jaren van Horatio Hornblower, de legendarische zeeheld die vocht op zeven zeeën 1 exemplaire
Il cielo e la foresta 1 exemplaire
Der Kapitän Roman in 3 Büchern 1 exemplaire
Der junge Hornblower : Roman in 3 Büchern 1 exemplaire
Des Königs Admiral : Roman in 2 Büchern 1 exemplaire
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower / Lieutenant Hornblower / Hornblower and the Atropos / The Happy Return 1 exemplaire
Konvoi 1943 1 exemplaire
Horatio Hornblower 1 exemplaire
The Earthly Paradise 1 exemplaire
Captain Horatio Hornblower - Vol. II (of 3) 1 exemplaire
Hornblower i Östersjön 1 exemplaire
Orgoglio e passione 1 exemplaire
. El Cairo, 27/8/1899 - Fullerton, USA, 2/4/1966 1 exemplaire
Hornblower Once Again: A Biography and Short Stories 1 exemplaire
Lieutenant Hornblower / Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies / A Ship of the Line (1900) 1 exemplaire
The Eleven Deckchairs [short story] 1 exemplaire
Hornblower During the Crisis / Hornblower and the Atropos / Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies 1 exemplaire
L'incrociatore 1 exemplaire
Gold from Crete [short story] 1 exemplaire
The Bedchamber Mystery [short story] 1 exemplaire
Rendevous 1 exemplaire
Horatio Hornblower: Collector's Edition 1 exemplaire
Der Kapitän Roman in 3 Büchern: Der Kapitän - An Spaniens Küsten - Unter wehender Flagge 1 exemplaire
Fähnrich Hornblower 1 exemplaire
Castigo Adiado 1 exemplaire
Simples Assassínio 1 exemplaire
Le avventure del capitano Hornblower 1 exemplaire
Il ritorno di Hornblower 1 exemplaire
Paradiso terrestre 1 exemplaire
Rivulets of Blood 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Missions dangereuses et services secrets : agents, espions et soldats durant la seconde guerre mondiale (1964) — Contributeur — 182 exemplaires
The Mammoth Book of Men O'War: Stories from the Glory Days of Sail (1999) — Contributeur — 91 exemplaires
Dreadnought: A History of the Modern Battleship (1739) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 81 exemplaires
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories (2002) — Contributeur — 77 exemplaires
The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak: Classic and New Stories from the Age of Fighting Sail (2001) — Contributeur — 33 exemplaires
The Greatest War Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Four Incredible War Tales (2001) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Contributeur — 24 exemplaires
Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov de vijftig beste science fiction verhalen (1981) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires
More Murder on Cue: Stage, Screen & Radio Favorites: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1988) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1958, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1958) — Contributeur — 8 exemplaires
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Contributeur — 8 exemplaires
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Bel Ria • The Naked Country • The Physicians • Captain Horatio Hornblower •… (1977) 7 exemplaires
Voor en na middernacht : vierendertig beroemde spook- en griezelverhalen (1949) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
Het dagboek in de sneeuw : en andere griezelverhalen — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
20th Century Fox Studio Classics Collection: Volume 11 (The Blue Max / The Desert Fox / Immortal Sergeant / Sink the… — Writer — 6 exemplaires
The Great Train Robbery • Blind Love • Brown on Resolution • Where are the Children? • Among the Elephants (1974) 5 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1956, Vol. 10, No. 6 (1956) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Contributeur — 4 exemplaires
Payment Deferred: A Play in a Prologue, Three Acts and an Epilogue (1934) — Original novel — 3 exemplaires
Heroes of War Collection - Navy Battles (The Enemy Below, The Frogmen, Morituri, Sink the Bismarck!) — Writer — 3 exemplaires
The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1962 — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
High Moment: Stories of Supreme Crises in the Lives of Great Men — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Selecciones Reader's Digest: (libros condensados) El Gran Robo del Tren. Un Hombre Contra un Crucero. La Canción de… (1977) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Merlin's Keep • A Stranger is Watching • The Experiment • Brown on Resolution 1 exemplaire
Argosy: December 1964 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Argosy, May 14, 1938 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Argosy, January 7, 1939 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Argosy, January 18, 1941 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Lilliput Magazine. November - December 1952. Vol. 31 no. 6. Issue no. 186. — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Argosy (UK) [Vol. IV No. 5, June 1943] — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Saturday Evening Post July 16, 1966 No. 15 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Forever England [1935 film] — Original novel — 1 exemplaire
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Synnitön lankeemus [1943 film] — Original story — 1 exemplaire
My Most Exciting Story: A Collection of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors (1936) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Argosy, March 19, 1938 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Eagle Squadron [1942 film] — Story — 1 exemplaire
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - 1958/08 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Great tales of adventure: A selection of condensed novels and full-length short stories (1982) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Forester, C. S.
- Nom légal
- Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton
- Autres noms
- Forester, Cecil Scott
- Date de naissance
- 1899-08-27
- Date de décès
- 1966-04-02
- Lieu de sépulture
- Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, California, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Cairo, Egypt
- Lieu du décès
- Fullerton, California, USA
- Cause du décès
- stroke
- Lieux de résidence
- Cairo, Egypt
London, England, UK
Berkeley, California, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Fullerton, California, USA - Études
- Alleyn's School, London
Dulwich College, London
Guy's Hospital, London - Professions
- novelist
short-story writer
journalist
screenwriter - Relations
- Forester, John (son)
- Organisations
- British Ministry of Information (WWII)
- Prix et distinctions
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1939)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 148
- Aussi par
- 158
- Membres
- 30,759
- Popularité
- #645
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 540
- ISBN
- 972
- Langues
- 21
- Favoris
- 117
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