Commodore Hornblower, Paperback/C. S. Forester

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These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found -vastly entertaining- and Ernest Hemingway recommended to -every literate I know-, are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions. -- The Hornblower renaissance is in full sail with a nearly tenfold increase in sales: more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books sold in the first six months of 1999. -- The A&E television network's series of original movies based on Hornblower's adventures have been tremendously successful -- praised by critics, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, and winner of the Emmy Award for best miniseries. -- Two new movies will be premiering in the spring on A&E. -- Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this -new- series of nautical adventure stories.