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Beschreibung
C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, where his father was stationed as a government official. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital, and after leaving Guy's without a degree he turned to writing as a career. On the outbreak of war he entered the Ministry of Information and later he sailed with the Royal Navy to collect material for The Ship. He made a voyage to the Bering Sea to gather material for a similar book on the United States Navy, and it was during this trip that he was stricken with arteriosclerosis, a disease which left him crippled. However, he continued to write and in the Hornblower novels created the most renowned sailor in contemporary fiction. He died in 1966.
C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, where his father was stationed as a government official. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital, and after leaving Guy's without a degree he turned to writing as a career. On the outbreak of war he entered the Ministry of Information and later he sailed with the Royal Navy to collect material for The Ship. He made a voyage to the Bering Sea to gather material for a similar book on the United States Navy, and it was during this trip that he was stricken with arteriosclerosis, a disease which left him crippled. However, he continued to write and in the Hornblower novels created the most renowned sailor in contemporary fiction. He died in 1966.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781405936897
ISBN-10: 1405936894
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Forester, C.S.
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 198 x 130 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: C.S. Forester
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.06.2018
Gewicht: 0,272 kg
Artikel-ID: 111342119