by Cecil Scott Forester · Rizzoli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817126168
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«Le avventure del capitano Hornblower» is the maritime adventure omnibus by C. S. Forester, published by Rizzoli in paperback (721 pages, in Italian).
In the Napoleonic Wars, only the Royal Navy challenges French power. The work follows Horatio Hornblower, a captain gruff and insecure in society, but brilliant at sea: commanding the frigate Lydia in the South Seas, he must lead an anti-French revolt and face naval battles, epidemics, boardings and betrayals.
2001 edition with translation by Alessandra Scalero. Part of the Hornblower saga; covers installments 6th to 8th in the series' chronological order.
For fans of historical fiction and classic adventures, especially naval and military tales of the Napoleonic era.
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.
