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These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know," are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions.-- The Hornblower renaissance is in full sail with a nearly tenfold increase in sales: more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books sold in the first six months of 1999.-- The A&E television network's series of original movies based on Hornblower's adventures have been tremendously successful -- praised by critics, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, and winner of the Emmy Award for best miniseries.-- Two new movies will be premiering in the spring on A&E.-- Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this "new" series of nautical adventure stories.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Commodore Hornblower
• Author: Cecil Scott Forester
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780316289382
• ISBN: 0316289388
• ID: 10981133
• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Weight: 294 g
• Dimensions: 133 × 127 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. April 1989

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