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C.S. Forester, creator of the beloved Horatio Hornblower series, takes young readers on an exciting adventure to the shores of Tripoli in North Africa. That's where, more than 200 years ago, the United States was threatened by "pirates" who snatched American merchant ships and imprisoned sailors - and the country's young, untested navy took on the task of fighting the pirates in their home waters.

Wartime radio at its most provocative - that's "Words at War"! The Office of War Information, in cooperation with The Council on Books in Wartime, brought listeners journalistic accounts of battle, first-person narratives, and novels inspired by actual events. Each story was adapted for radio…and for maximum emotional impact.

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Marjorie had never seen a dead person until she got home one tranquil summer evening and found her sister’s body. She looked peaceful, as if she was asleep. Their mother suspects, however, that Dot’s death was far from natural. What’s more, she’s convinced she knows who the killer is. Slowly and meticulously, she plots her revenge. After all, who would suspect a neatly dressed, grey-haired widow of anything?

Few authors are as closely associated with sea stories as C. S. Forester, creator of Horatio Hornblower. In this rare venture into the short-story genre, a lawyer thinks he has formulated the perfect way to dispose of a body, but it backfires in an amusing, ironic fashion.

William Marble is in serious debt, struggling to keep his family afloat, and close to facing bankruptcy when an opportunity presents itself. His rich nephew visits one night, giving Marble the chance to slip poison into his drink. When Marble has all the money he has ever dreamed of, he thinks life will surely be easier for him. Instead, his troubles are just beginning, as things are about to get a whole lot worse. Slowly William’s family becomes caught in a dangerous web of fear, secrets, and blackmail.

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Englænderne rykker frem i Spanien, og under franskmændenes forsøg på at standse dem blotter de deres ene flanke. Kommandør Hornblower har opnået stor berømmelse og ære blandt sine landsmænd og får nu ordre om at gå til angreb med skibet Sutherland. Han vinder snart flere sejr og håber, den endelige sejr snart er i hus.

Horatio Hornblower wird als Kommodore eines britischen Geschwaders in die Ostsee entsandt, wo er die britische Seemacht demonstrieren und den russischen Zaren für das Bündnis gegen Napoleon gewinnen soll. Hörspiel nach der Buchserie von Cecil Scott Forester.

Hörspiel nach der Buchserie von Cecil Scott Forester um den Seehelden Horatio Hornblower, der als Kapitän an Bord eines Kriegsschiffes der britischen Marine auf geheimer Mission die Meere durchkreuzt und dabei Abenteuerliches erlebt.