C. S. Forester
Forester created Captain Hornblower, the finest fictional naval officer since Marryat, in a series of Napoleonic sea novels of extraordinary narrative drive. His Brown on Resolution and The African Queen show his non-Hornblower range.
Works
- The Happy ReturnNaval novel about Captain Hornblower's return from the sea during peacetime crisis
- The ShipNovel set aboard a military vessel exploring command, duty, and crew dynamics
- Hornblower and the AtroposHornblower novel depicting maritime adventure and naval action during Napoleonic Wars
- Brown on ResolutionAdventure novel of a ship officer fighting against overwhelming odds on a tropical island
- The African QueenAdventure novel of a dangerous riverboat journey through African wilderness