The Adventures of John Wetherell - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718138449 ISBN 13: 9780718138448

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 1994

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About the Author:

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.

Synopsis:

Edited by C.S. Forester, the creator of Hornblower, this is the lively diary of a British seaman who was impressed into the Royal Navy to fight the French at the beginning of the 19th century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0718138449
• ISBN 13: 9780718138448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Forester C.S.