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A crazy, breathless, steam-powered adventure of the First World War. C.S. Forester is at his most entertaining in this story of the missionary woman and the Cockney mechanic marooned in German Central Africa. As they fight their ramshackle old launch downriver 'to strike a blow for England'. the 'African Queen' seems to breathe the spirit of Hornblower himself.
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The African Queen, Cecil Scott Forester
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- Released
- 1979
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- Title
- The African Queen
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Cecil Scott Forester
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1979
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN10
- 0140011129
- ISBN13
- 9780140011128
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Classics, Adventure Fiction, Wars, Africa, Adapted for Film, Ships, World War I (1914–1918), Jungle, Wandering
- First published
- 1935
- Original title
- The African Queen
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- A crazy, breathless, steam-powered adventure of the First World War. C.S. Forester is at his most entertaining in this story of the missionary woman and the Cockney mechanic marooned in German Central Africa. As they fight their ramshackle old launch downriver 'to strike a blow for England'. the 'African Queen' seems to breathe the spirit of Hornblower himself.