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These fascinating stories of high seas adventure in the Napoleonic period, which Winston Churchill discovered "greatly enjoyable" and Ernest Hemingway suggested to "every savvy I understand", are now being eagerly embraced with a new-generation of visitors. Back Bay takes pleasure in reissuing these traditional stories in fine new trade book editions.-- The Hornblower renaissance is entirely holiday with a nearly tenfold escalation in revenue: significantly more than I5O, OOO Hornblower books offered within the first 6 months of 1999.-- The A&E television network's number of unique movies centered on Hornblower's activities have now been greatly effective -- recognized by critics, loved by thousands of audiences, and success of the Emmy Award for best miniseries.-- Two new movies is likely to be premiering in the springtime on A&E.-- Visitors and booksellers who appreciate Patrick O'Brian's novels enjoy Finding this "new" number of maritime experience tales.