C. S. Forester

Most famous for his Hornblower series, iconic writer C. S. Forester tells tales of adventure like no other. This BBC radio collection features modern adaptations of five of his acclaimed novels.

Marjorie had never seen a dead person until she got home one tranquil summer evening and found her sister’s body....

Horatio Hornblower wird als Kommodore eines britischen Geschwaders in die Ostsee entsandt, wo er die britische Seemacht demonstrieren und...

Hörspiel nach der Buchserie von Cecil Scott Forester um den Seehelden Horatio Hornblower, der als Kapitän an Bord eines Kriegsschiffes der britischen Marine auf geheimer Mission die Meere durchkreuzt und dabei Abenteuerliches erlebt.

Wartime radio at its most provocative - that's Words at War! The Office of War Information, in cooperation with The Council on Books in Wartime, brought listeners journalistic accounts of battle....

April 1803, and the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a three-master on a vital reconnaissance mission….

This is the story of a rifleman's resourcefulness in a single-handed war against the forces of Napoleon....

Few authors are as closely associated with sea stories as C. S. Forester, creator of Horatio Hornblower. In this rare venture into the short-story genre, a lawyer thinks he has formulated the perfect way to dispose of a body, but it backfires in an amusing, ironic fashion....

Mr Marble is in serious debt, desperate for money to pay his family's bills....

At the Universal Advertising Agency in London a murder is being planned....

In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London...

The second act of the Hornblower saga is a gripping, rip-roaring tale of turmoil and triumph on the high seas....

Film tie-in originally published as The Good Shepherd. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks....

C.S. Forester, creator of the beloved Horatio Hornblower series, takes young readers on an exciting adventure to the shores of Tripoli in North Africa....

The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of 37 merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England....

Having now paid his dues as midshipman, Horatio Hornblower returns as a newly promoted Lieutenant, in the second instalment of C.S. Forester's beloved naval series....

In the year 1805, the young and enthusiastic Horatio Hornblower is given his first command as Captain of HMS Atropos....

Horatio Hornblower sails South American waters and comes face to face with a mad revolutionary....

The Admiral's face was grim as he gave Commodore Hornblower his orders. The situation was critical: mutiny was an infection that could spread through the fleet like the plague....

Her Majesty's ship Sutherland is a humdrum ship of the line. But in command is none other than the heroic Captain Hornblower....