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Payment deferred Payment deferred C. S. Forester Mr Marble is in serious debt, desperate for money to pay his family's bills, until the combination of a wealthy relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him the perfect solution. In fact, his… OL16064078W
Sink the Bismarck! Sink the Bismarck! C. S. Forester In 1941, Hitler’s deadly Bismarck, the fastest battleship afloat, broke out into the Atlantic. Its mission: to cut the lifeline of British shipping and win the war with one might blow. How the Royal … OL1937746W
The Barbary pirates The Barbary pirates C. S. Forester Examines the history of the Barbary pirates, and discusses their relationship with the United States Navy in the early years of the country's entry into the shipping trade. OL1937749W
Hornblower & the Crisis Hornblower & the Crisis C. S. Forester The final Horatio Hornblower story tells of Napoleon's plans to invade England ... Set in 1805, Hornblower and the Crisis finds Horatio Hornblower in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonapa… OL1937762W
The man in the yellow raft The man in the yellow raft C. S. Forester "A collection of eight stories about the American destroyer Boon and the men who served on her during WW II."--Audio cassette container. OL1937763W
Plain murder Plain murder C. S. Forester At the Universal Advertising Agency on the Strand, London, a murder is being planned. Three men have been discovered taking bribes and face the grim prospect of the dole queue, unless they can get ri… OL1937773W
The good shepherd The good shepherd C. S. Forester The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, t… OL1937784W
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Mr. Midshipman Hornblower C. S. Forester 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command... As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of seasickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a da… OL1937789W
The gun The gun C. S. Forester A gripping story of Spanish resistance to Napoleonic France. Told by a young man who follows various charismatic and ruthless leaders as the 'wife' of a massive gun. [Dramatised][1] by the BBC. A … OL1937790W
Lord Hornblower Lord Hornblower C. S. Forester As his naval battles with Napoleon conclude, Horatio Hornblower must rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew. OL1937792W
Le Seigneur de la mer Le Seigneur de la mer C. S. Forester Publié en 1945, ce volume ouvre une nouvelle période dans la saga des Hornblower. Nous sommes sur la Baltique, à l'heure où Napoléon tourne sa grande armée contre le tsar. OL24646720W
Commodore Hornblower Commodore Hornblower C. S. Forester Hornblower is on a desperate mission. Leading a squadron into northern waters with the aim of hampering the onslaughts of Napoleon's armies, Hornblower is confronted by bad weather in the Baltic, the… OL27958000W
Hornblower and the "Hotspur" Hornblower and the "Hotspur" C. S. Forester April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army just across the Channel. Horatio Hornblower -- who, at age twenty-seven, has already distinguished hi… OL7966285W
Admiral Hornblower Omnibus Admiral Hornblower Omnibus C. S. Forester An omnibus edition compromising of four C S Forester's classic seafaring tales about Horatio Hornblower, namely: Flying Colours, The Commodore, Lord Hornblower and Hornblower in the West Indies. OL7966301W
Captain Hornblower Captain Hornblower C. S. Forester "Hornblower and the Atropos" skippering the flagship for Nelson's funeral on the Thames is not Hornblower's idea of thrilling action. But soon his orders come, and he sets sail for the Mediterranean … OL7966303W
The Young Hornblower Omnibus The Young Hornblower Omnibus C. S. Forester The Young Hornblower - a truly formidable force in His Majesty's ServiceThe seventeen-year-old Hornblower became notorious as soon as he stepped on board ship - as the midshipman who was seasick in S… OL7966310W
Rifleman Dodd Rifleman Dodd C. S. Forester 158 p. ; 21 cm OL8333060W