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Brown on Resolution is a 1929 nautical novel written by C. S. Forester, set during World War I. The hero of the novel, Leading Seaman Albert Brown, is the sole able-bodied survivor of a sunken Royal Navy warship, who single-handedly delays its attacker, a German cruiser, long enough to ensure its destruction by its pursuers.Brown on Resolution (US title: Born for Glory; UK re-issue title: Forever England) is a 1935 film directed by Walter Forde and Anthony Asquith and starring John Mills in his first lead role. It was written by J. O. C. Orton based on the 1929 C. S. Forester novel of the same title. The film is notable for being the first film to use actual Royal Navy ships.Forester was born in Cairo on 27 August 1899, fifth and youngest child of George Foster Smith and his wife Sarah. His father was an English teacher in a local school set up to give upper-class Egyptian boys an English education. His parents separated when he was young, and his mother took him to London, where he was educated at Alleyn's School and Dulwich College. He began to study medicine at Guy's Hospital, but left without completing his degree. He was somewhat athletic, wore glasses, and had a slender physique. He failed his Army physical and was told that there was no chance that he would be accepted. He began writing seriously, using his pen name, in around 1921.

Romanen "Kaptajn Hornblower" var den f rste Hornblower-roman C.S. Forester udgav. Bogen blev popul r og l sernes eftersp rgsel gjorde, at han i alt skrev 12 romaner om s manden Horatio Hornblower. "Kaptajn Hornblower" som er fra 1937 endte med at blive seriens bind 6, hvis man skal f lge seriens indre kronologi. Romanen tager sin begyndelse i 1808 hvor Hornblower har kommandoen over HMS Lydia - en fregat med 36 kanoner. Han har f et ordre om at sejle til Stillehavet, n rmere betegnet Nicaraguas kyst og levere st tte til en lokal godsejer i form at krudt og skydev ben. Planen er at godsejeren Don Julian Alvarado skal g re opr r mod Spanien - som er Frankrigs og Napoleons allierede. Men da Hornblower ankommer til Nicaragua viser det sig, at godsejeren er blevet rablende gal og nu kalder sig selv for el Supremo (Den Alm gtige). Hornblower forst r, at godsejeren nu har sin helt egen dagsorden og da det spanske skib Natividad ankommer med sine 50 kanoner st r Hornblower over for sin karrieres st rste udfordring.

Horatio Hornblower fra den britiske fl de er i aktion i sters en, bl.a. i farvandet mellem Danmark og Sverige. Han g r i land i Skt. Peterborg, spiller en afg rende rolle i det hemmelige, politiske spil omkring Den Finske Bugt, er til middag hos zar Alexander p slottet Peterhof og t rner sammen med tyskerne under frygtelige s slag. I det hele taget er han vidne til en omskiftelig tid b de for det britiske imperium og for Europa - fyldt med us dvanlige og sp ndende begivenheder i en samtid, hvor sters landene var politiske magtfaktorer. En omv ltningernes tid.

Horatio Hornblower bliver gift med sin elskede Maria og f r ikke tid til at fortryde det. Han bliver nemlig straks sendt af sted i nationens tjeneste i den britiske fl de. I kampen mod Napoleons overmagt og de franske tropper klarer han om bord p skibet "Hotspur" mange udfordrende situationer, men den helt store bel nning g r han stadig glip af.