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A black ink mark on the front cover

With a Preface by Austin Dobson and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson

his experiences in Victorian London's sexual underworld

The Macmillan Press LTD

18041 ship500 A black ink mark onWith maps and drawings by Samuel H. Bryant. Forester [1899 1966] created the beloved fictional British naval officer Horatio Hornblower, immortalized by Gregory Peck and Ioan Gruffun. This companion book was first published in 1964. It includes 30 maps with text and drawings based on Hornblower's travels and actions at sea. These chapters are followed by 67 pages of "personal notes" where Forester describes how he went about creating this character