Young Hornblower

(The Young Hornblower)

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Details

Author(s):C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):Andrew Wyeth
Publisher(s): Little, Brown and Co.
Year Published: 1960
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
British
Fiction - Novel
Historical Fiction - Napoleonic Wars
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 672
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 798492

Description

An omnibus containing Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower and Hornblower and the Atropos.

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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950)

The future admiral begins his career in the Justinian and is seasick off Spithead.

Publisher: Michael Joseph
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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950)

The future admiral begins his career in the Justinian and is seasick off Spithead.

Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
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Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)

Hornblower ships as fifth lieutenant in HMS Renown with a mad captain on a mission to harry Spanish possession in the Caribbean. Was he pushed or did he fall?

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Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
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Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)

Hornblower ships as fifth lieutenant in HMS Renown with a mad captain on a mission to harry Spanish possession in the Caribbean. Was he pushed or did he fall?

Publisher: Michael Joseph, Ltd.
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Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)

Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C. S. Forester.

Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea.

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Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
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Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)

Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C. S. Forester.

Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy that merits command by a post-captain, as he salvages treasure from the Mediterranean Sea.

Publisher: Michael Joseph
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