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Horatio Hornblower

 

            Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1899.
             two years old, his mother took him and his four siblings to London. His father was a.
             minor British governmental officer in the Egyptian ministry of education. During his.
             childhood and teen years, he went to Alleyne's School. In 1915 he went to Dulwich.
             College in London. When he tried to enlist in the army, he failed the physical, so he.
             went to study medicine at Guy's Hospital for a few years. Finally, in 1921, he decided to.
             start writing. He decided to make his pen name Cecil Scott Forester. When he was 38.
             he put out the first Horatio Hornblower book, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. When Cecil.
             was 33 years old, he was offered a contract through Hollywood. Since this was a pretty.
             good break for him, he would come to America for thirteen weeks of each year up until.
             1939. During World War II he worked for the British Information Services. In 1943 he.
             stopped writing for a while because he developed arteriosclerosis, which left him.
             permanently crippled. Towards the end of the war, he came over to the United States.
             to move to California because of the better climate. In 1961 he had a severe heart.
             attack, but kept on writing, but in 1964, he had a stroke which left him paralyzed. Cecil.
             Lewis Troughton Smith died in Fullerton, California. He died on April 2nd, 1966, at the.
             age of 45. .
             Some of his popular books were: The African Queen (1935), and made into a.
             film in 1951. The Peacemaker (1934), Flying Colours (1938), The Happy Return (1937),.
             and many others. Cecil Scott Forester wrote many wonderful books throughout his.
             years. He tended to write biography's, popular novel's, and thrillers. He wrote eleven.
             Horatio Hornblower books, and then The African Queen is part of the saga. .
             The book was about a young seventeen year old boy, whose name was Horatio.
             Hornblower. He had never been on a boat before, and had no clue how to be a.
             seaman, but he was ordered to go on board of a French ship, and take charge.


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