by Cecil Scott Forester · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788435035033
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«El guardiamarina Hornblower» is the nautical adventure novel by C. S. Forester, published by Edhasa in hardback (352 pages, in Spanish).
First instalment of the Hornblower series, it recounts the beginnings of Horatio Hornblower, who enlists at seventeen aboard the ship Justinian. There he endures the harsh conditions of the navy, takes action against the French fleet and, after several missions on the frigate Indefatigable, ends up imprisoned in El Ferrol.
Translation by Aleida Lama Montes de Oca. The action takes place during the Napoleonic Wars, with the British Royal Navy as the setting.
Recommended for fans of historical fiction and naval adventure narratives.
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, best known by his pen name C.S. Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars.
