C. S. Forester

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C. S. Forester

Writing August 27, 1899

Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt [now Egypt]

Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 — 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His…

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Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 — 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Description above from the Wikipedia article C. S. Forester, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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  1. 2020
    Greyhound

    Movie Novel

  2. 2003
    Hornblower: Duty

    Movie Novel

  3. 2003
    Hornblower: Loyalty

    Movie Novel

  4. 2001
    Hornblower: Retribution

    Movie Author

  5. 2001
    Hornblower: Mutiny

    Movie Author

  6. 1999
  7. 1999
  8. 1998
  9. 1998
    Hornblower

    TV show Novel

  10. 1998
  11. 1977
    The African Queen

    Movie Novel

  12. 1976
  13. 1960
    Sink the Bismarck!

    Movie Book

  14. 1957
    The Pride and the Passion

    Movie Novel

  15. 1953
    Sailor of the King

    Movie Novel

  16. 1952
    The African Queen

    Movie Novel

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  1. 1951
  2. 1943
    Synnitön lankeemus

    Movie Novel

  3. 1943
    Forever and a Day

    Movie Writer

  4. 1942
    Commandos Strike at Dawn

    Movie Story

  5. 1942
    Eagle Squadron

    Movie Story

  6. 1935
    Brown on Resolution

    Movie Writer

  7. 1932
    Payment Deferred

    Movie Novel