#CSForester

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)

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1 week ago

Book cover. Hornblower and the Atropos by C.S. Forester (Hornblower #5 / 1953) Cover shows Hornblower leaning off the deck with sword in his hand.

Book cover. The Peacemaker by C.S. Forester (Fiction / 1934) Penguin edition. Cover shows a hand with a white dove on its fingers.

Book cover. Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester (Hornblower #2 / 1952) A ship in background and in front a sailor with a tricorn hat and armed with a sword and pistol.

Book cover. The Gun by C.S. Forester (Fic / War / 1933) Penguin edition, red borders and a picture of soldiers preparing to shoot an artillery piece.

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#CSForester 4 of 4 books still awaiting my attention on my bookshelves #BlueSkyBooks Pt 3 of 3

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)

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1 week ago

Book cover. Hunting the Bismarck by C.S. Forester (Non Fic / War / 1959) Cover shows the Bismarck bracketed by cannon fire (5.0 stars)

Book cover. The African Queen by C.S. Forester (Fic / 1935) Penguin edition, black cover with stylized picture showing an African jungle and river with a boat sailing down the river (5.0 stars)

Book cover. The Ship by C.S. Forester (Fic / War / 11943) Penguin edition, Cover shows a ship at sea firing at a target while the bridge crew look on and shout instructions (5.0 stars)

Book cover. The Pursued by C.S. Forester (Crime / 1935) Penguin edition. Cover is black and shows a woman in shadow looking over her shoulder at a crack of light (4.0 stars)

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#CSForester 4 more of the books I've completed #BlueSkyBooks Pt 2 of 3

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)

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1 week ago

Book cover. Hornblower in the West Indies by C.S. Forester (Horatio Hornblower #11 / 1957) Cover shows a sailor fighting on the deck of a frigate and anchored to the main mast, two women and a man (4.0 stars)

Book cover. Flying Colours by C.S. Forester (Penguin edition / Hornblower #8 / 1938) Cover shows a battle with an injured man and another holding a sword at him (4.0 stars)

Book cover. The Happy Return by C.S. Forester (Penguin edition / Hornblower #6 / 1937) Cover shows a man-o-war bearing down on sailors in rowboats (4.0 stars)

Book cover. Hornblower and the Hotspur (Penguin Ed / Hornblower #3 / 1962) Cover shows man-o-war in battle while crews abandon ship in long boats (4.0 stars)

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Authors I hope to finish before I die. Not sure how many, still making my list.
27. #CSForester (1899 - 1966). Classic fiction, Creator of Hornblower books. Author of 35+ novels. Completed 18 books. (4 Hornblower's first) Pt 1 of 3

Coming Up On TCM

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1 month ago

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CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER (1951) Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty
Dir.: Raoul Walsh 8:00 PM PT

During the Napoleonic Wars, a British Navy captain has adventures in Central American waters.

1h 57m | Adventure | TV-G

#TCM #TCMParty #CSForester

Recent Reads

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1 month ago

Pocket paperback with a cover illustration of a man wearing a British Navy officer's uniform, holding a long sword en garde in his right hand, left hand outstretched towards where he is looking off the page to the right, standing ankle deep on a beach, as a small low wave is breaking just at his feet. Behind him are several men in British Navy marine uniforms, all holding or aiming long muskets somewhere off the page. They are all coming from a small boat in the background, while a three-masted sailing ship can be seen in the distant background.

Hornblower and the Hotspur
By C.S. Forester

Classic high seas adventure, as Horatio navigates his first command, the start of the war with Napoleon, and marriage.
So much detail is packed into each page; delightful.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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eNet Press

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3 months ago

December reads for book lovers interested in an history. Two selections from renowned author Cecil Scott Forester that demonstrate the author’s remarkable ability to tell a historical tale.

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Book Notification

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6 months ago

a man in a military uniform adjusts his hat while another man looks on ALT: a man in a military uniform adjusts his hat while another man looks on

It’s Wednesday, August 27th, 2025, and today would mark the 126th birthday of #CecilLouisTroughtonSmith 🥳 – better known as #CSForester, the legendary naval adventure novelist who gave us the beloved #HoratioHornblower series. 📚 #BlueSkyBooks (1/5)

Nathan Francis

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6 months ago

“When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.” (The African Queen)

✒️ #CSForester, English historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower), was #BOTD 27 August 1899. #Literature

BillyDee 🇨🇦 (CA)

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10 months ago

Photo of English author, C.S. Forester. Born Cairo, Egypt 1899, died Fullerton, Calif 1966. Author of naval warfare stories, e.g. Horatio Hornblower series, plus non-fiction

Book cover. Hunting the Bismarck by C.S. Forester (1959) (Portrait of Bismarck at sea, on fire, shells landing around it.

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No particular order
Day 8/20
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#CSForester

Dave Shoots Books

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10 months ago

We haven't had any of these for a while! #CSForester 's #Hornblower #series was very popular when we had our bookstore! This one is a 1945 #FirstCanadianEdition of #CommodoreHornblower (called "The Commodore" in #England). $15. #Booksky #fiction #novel #maritime #seacaptain

Outlived

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11 months ago

Died #otd C.S. Forester (1899-1966), English novelist, 59 years ago today #CSForester life story...

Loola Realpirate

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1 year ago

My old and much loved german copy of CS Forester's first 3 books ' the happy return ' , ' a spip of the line' and ' Flying colours ' , published by Bertelsmann in '61

My 10 favorite Novels to take me somewhere else and learn something at the same time
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#csforester #hornblower #thehappyreturn #naval
I read the german translation by Fritz von Bothmer

Coming Up On TCM

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1 year ago

#NextOnTCM

CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER (1951) Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty
Dir.: Raoul Walsh 11:45 PM PT

During the Napoleonic Wars, a British Navy captain has adventures in Central American waters.

1h 57m | Adventure | TV-G

#TCM #TCMParty #CSForester

@simonmalich.bsky.social

1 year ago

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#Books

#BookChallenge

#CSForester

#hornblower

Day 19

Joe Pace

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1 year ago

Favorite Fictional Characters, #12: Horatio Hornblower Oh Captain, My Captain

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