Commodore Hornblower (Record no. 9490)
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| fixed length control field | 01494nam a22001457a 4500 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823.912 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Forester, C. S. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Commodore Hornblower |
| Statement of responsibility | C. S. Forester |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Boston |
| Name of publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Year of publication | 1945 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 384 Pages |
| Other physical details | 19x13 cm |
| -- | HB |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Horatio Hornblower returns to sea with the rank of Commodore in command of a small squadron during the Napoleonic wars. The fate of Europe hangs on the outcome of his mission. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended to "every literate I know", are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these classic tales in handsome new trade paperback editions. -- The Hornblower renaissance is in full sail with a nearly tenfold increase in sales: more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books sold in the first six months of 1999. -- The A&E television network's series of original movies based on Hornblower's adventures have been tremendously successful -- praised by critics, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of viewers, and winner of the Emmy Award for best miniseries. Two new movies will be premiering in the spring on A&E. Readers and booksellers who admire Patrick O'Brian's novels delight in discovering this "new" series of nautical adventure stories. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Great Britain |
| -- | Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious Character) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | Fiction | 2017-01-07 | MSL | 823.912 F692C 1945 | 725 | Books |