Mr Midshipman Hornblower

Author(s)

• Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)
• Border, Rosemary

Bibliographic Information

Mr Midshipman Hornblower

C.S. Forester ; retold by Rosemary Border

（Oxford bookworms library / series editor, Jennifer Bassett, Thriller & adventure ; stage 4）

Oxford University Press, c2008

Note

"First published by Michael Joseph Ltd 1950. First published in Oxford Bookworms 1991"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Hornblower fired. There was a small cloud of smoke, but no bang. This is death, he thought. My pistol was the unloaded one.' But Horatio Hornblower does not die. He survives the duel with Simpson, learns to overcome his seasickness, and goes on to risk his life many times over. It is 1793, Britain is at war with France, and life on a sailing ship of war is hard and dangerous. But the hardest battles are fought by Hornblower within himself. CEFR B1/B2 Word count 14,700

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Details

• NCID: BA87854144
• ISBN:
  • 9780194791809
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 88 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PE1119
  • DC22 : 428.6
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : English language -- Readers
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA46708072