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The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower (Large Print)
The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower - Large Print Author:C. Northcote Parkinson Horatio Hornblower, the central character in C.S.Forester's series of twelve celebrated novels set in the age of fighting sail when Britannia ruled the waves, has achieved cult status alongside the novels of Patrick O'Brian and Alexander Kent. In this acclaimed fictional biography chronicling Hornblower's rise from a midshipman in 17... more »94 to a revered admiral admiral of the fleet in 1847, Northcote Parkinson has written a powerful evocation of life at sea in a British man o'war due to his attention to the minutae of naval life during the Napoleonic period.« less