The Hornblower Mystery

Abstract

For a matter of 20 years a Mr. C. S. Forester, better‐known, one understands, as a novelist, has been editing and publishing at intervals the memoirs of a British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. For some reason known only to himself, Mr Forester has presented these memoirs as fiction, though it is possible that having in mind the known aversion of the public from any form of technical literature, he has thought that the memoirs, assuming as they do a working knowledge of seamanship and naval tactics, might appear more palatable and more commercially profitable in this form.

Citation

GARDNER, F.M. (1959), "The Hornblower Mystery", Library Review, Vol. 17 No. 4, pp. 244-250. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012316