A Pawn Among Kings
1924
First Published
3.94
Average Rating
202
Number of Pages
Napoleonic period historical romance The story of a beautiful Hungarian girl, who plays a decisive part in the tremendous events that end in the tragedy of Waterloo. Napoleon`s curious personality stands out against a background of military pageantry seen darkly through the cannon-smoke of Borodino and Leipzig.
Avg Rating
3.94
Number of Ratings
79
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author
C.S. Forester
Author · 46 books
Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure and military crusades. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, about naval warfare during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
