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Title: THE AFRICAN QUEEN
By: C. S. Forester, Giles Foden
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 1509826777
ISBN 13: 9781509826773
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Publisher: PAN MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 18 May, 2017
Edition: Main Market Ed.
Series: Macmillan Collector's Library 92
Pages: 248
Synopsis: Central Africa, 1914; Rose Sayer, a thirty-three year-old English woman, is left alone when her missionary brother dies. Her only route out is aboard The African Queen, a steam-powered launch captained by Cockney mechanic, Charlie Alnutt. Determined to do her bit for the war effort and to avenge her brother, Rose persuades Charlie that they should attack the German gunboat, the Konigin Luise. And so begins a most unlikely alliance and love affair, as Charlie and Rose venture down the treacherous Ulanga river encountering danger and adventure at every turn.This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The African Queen by C. S. Forester features an introduction by the award-winning author and journalist, Giles Foden.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
Reader Age: From 18 years
Publication: UK
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Returns: Returnable
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