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C. S. Forester
AuthorBooks · Second hand1899-1966
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.
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About C. S. Forester
Birth
1899
Death
1966
First book
1935
Years writing
91
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.
C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899 to a British army officer father.
Before becoming a writer, he studied medicine and served in the infantry during World War I.
His iconic Horatio Hornblower saga began in 1937 with the publication of Beat to Quarters.
He is the author of the celebrated novel The African Queen, which cemented his international success.
He spent much of his life in Berkeley, California, where he moved in 1940.
