The British historical novelist C. S. Forester is best known as the creator of Horatio Hornblower, whose rise from midshipman to admiral and peer during the Napoleonic Wars is told in a series of twelve novels, beginning with ‘The Happy Return’. Two of the Hornblower novels, ‘A Ship of the Line’ and ‘Flying Colours’, were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938. This comprehensive eBook presents Forester’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Forester’s life and works* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts* All the Hornblower novels and short stories, with individual contents tables* Special ‘Hornblower Series in Narrative Order’ contents table, allowing you to navigate the series easily* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* A selection of Forester’s other novels* Collected WWII short stories* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: Hornblower Series in Narrative Order Hornblower NovelsThe Happy ReturnA Ship of the LineFlying ColoursThe CommodoreLord HornblowerMr. Midshipman HornblowerLieutenant HornblowerHornblower and the AtroposHornblower in the West IndiesHornblower and the HotspurHornblower and the Crisis Hornblower Short StoriesThe Hand of DestinyHornblower and the Widow McCoolHornblower’s Charitable OfferingHornblower and His MajestyThe Last Encounter Other NovelsPayment DeferredBrown on ResolutionThe PeacemakerThe African QueenThe GeneralThe ShipThe Good Shepherd Short StoriesCollected Short Stories Non-FictionHunting the Bismarck Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks