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In 1913, three German shipbuilders were ordered to reassemble a steam ship on Lake Tanganyika. At the same time, Winston Churchill sends Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson to transport two dilapidated and incongruously named gun-boats, Mimi and Toutou, to the other side of the lake. Then World War I breaks out as the two sides are facing each other.
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A Matter of Time, Alex Capus
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- 2011
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- Title
- A Matter of Time
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alex Capus
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1907822038
- ISBN13
- 9781907822032
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Travel, Adventure, German Literature, Germany, Africa, World War I (1914–1918), Colonialism, Tanzania
- Original title
- Eine Frage der Zeit
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- In 1913, three German shipbuilders were ordered to reassemble a steam ship on Lake Tanganyika. At the same time, Winston Churchill sends Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson to transport two dilapidated and incongruously named gun-boats, Mimi and Toutou, to the other side of the lake. Then World War I breaks out as the two sides are facing each other.