A Ship of the Line

A Ship of the Line
First edition (UK)
AuthorC. S. Forester
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHoratio Hornblower
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherMichael Joseph (UK)
Little, Brown (US)
Publication date
4 April 1938[1]
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages304
OCLC611456337
LC ClassPZ3.F75956 Shi2 PR6011.O56
Preceded byThe Happy Return 
Followed byFlying 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..

  1. ^ The Observer, 3 April 1938, "This Week's Diary", London, p. 6