Bøger af C. S. Forester

På baggrund af Nürnberg-processernes forfærdende afsløringer, skildrer C.S. Forester de dramatiske begivenheder, der fandt sted i Tyskland op til og under anden verdenskrig. Her er den skæbne, der blev jøderne og de politiske flygtninge til del, de, der åndeligt og legemligt blev slået til vrag og endte deres dage foran henrettelsespelletonerne og i koncentrationslejrenes gaskamre. Her er videnskabsmændene, der ikke ville gå på akkord med sandheden, soldater og desertører, flygtningeskarer, menneskemasser, der kun havde tilintetgørelsen i vente, skyldige og uskyldige i det verdensopgør, der næppe har set sin lige ... Et mareridt for millioner af mennesker, folk i nød, mennesker på flugt, sjæle, der blev jaget til døde i skyggen af et symbol – Hagekorset.C.S. Forester (1899-1966) er pseudonymet for den britiske forfatter Cecil Louis Throughton Smith, der blev kendt for sine fortællinger om krig til søs. Hans bogserie om den royale søofficer Horatio Hornblower blev oversat til en lang række sprog og gjorde ham meget populær. I 1951 blev hans bog "The African Queen" filmatiseret med Katherine Hepburn og Humphrey Bogart i hovedrollerne.

The book John Kelly reads every time he gets a promotion to remind him of `the perils of hubris, the pitfalls of patriotism and duty unaccompanied by critical thinking' The most vivid, moving - and devastating - word-portrait of a World War One British commander ever written, here re-introduced by Max Hastings.

It's May, 1810 - and thirty-nine-year-old Captain Horatio Hornblower has been handed his first ship of the line ...Though the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland is 'the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy' and a crew shortage means he must recruit two hundred and fifty landlubbers.

It's 1813, and Horatio Hornblower is propelled toward the heart of the French Empire and his old enemy, Napoleon ...Sir Horatio Hornblower has received strict and highly confidential orders from the highest rank: he must embark upon a grave and perilous mission to recapture the Flame in the Bay of Seine.

It's 1812 and the fate of Europe lies in the hands of newly appointed Commodore Hornblower ...Dispatched to northern waters to protect Britain's Baltic interests, Horatio Hornblower must halt the advance of Napoleon's empire into Sweden and Russia. But first he must battle the terrible Baltic weather: fog, snow and icebound waterways.

Horatio Hornblower is in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte after a vicious hand-to-hand encounter with a French brig. The admiralty rewards Hornblower by sending him on a dangerous espionage mission that will light the powder trail leading to the battle of Trafalgar ...

It's 1815, the Napoleonic Wars are over. Yet peace continues to elude Horatio Hornblower overseas ...As an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the French wars, Horatio Hornblower, Commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships in the West Indies, must still face savage pirates, reckless revolutionaries and a hurricane.

It's April 1803, and the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a three-master on a vital reconnaissance mission ...On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take the Hotspur and head for Brest - war is coming and Napoleon will not catch His Majesty's navy with its britches round its ankles.

After near disaster on board a canal barge, Horatio Hornblower is given his first assignment as Captain, taking charge of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop that will act as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Soon Captain Hornblower must execute a bold and daring salvage operation for buried treasure lying deep in Turk waters.

It's June, 1808 - and off the Coast of Nicaragua Captain Horatio Hornblower has his hands full ...Now in command of HMS Lydia, a thirty-six-gun frigate, Hornblower has instructions to form an alliance against the Spanish colonies with a mad and messianic revolutionary, El Supremo.

The seventeen year old Hornblower became infamous as soon as he stepped on board ship as the midshipman who was seasick in the Spithead, but things were soon to change. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble.

A prim and strait-laced missionary persuades a gin-swilling riverboat captain to use his boat to attack a German warship. With an introduction by Giles Foden, author of acclaimed novel The Last King of Scotland.

A classic novel about the Peninsular War from the celebrated author of the HORNBLOWER series

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.