 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | C. S. Forester |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Horatio Hornblower |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph (UK) Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 4 April 1938[1] |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 304 |
| OCLC | 611456337 |
| LC Class | PZ3.F75956 Shi2 PR6011.O56 |
| Preceded by | The Happy Return |
| Followed by | Flying Colours |
A Ship of the Line is an historical seafaring novel by C. S. Forester. It follows his fictional hero Horatio Hornblower during his tour as captain of a ship of the line. By internal chronology, A Ship of the Line, which follows The Happy Return, is the seventh book in the series (counting the unfinished Hornblower and the Crisis). However, the book, published in 1938, was the second Hornblower novel completed by Forester. It is one of three Hornblower novels adapted into the 1951 British-American film Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N..
- ^ The Observer, 3 April 1938, "This Week's Diary", London, p. 6