The African Queen
by:
C.S. Forester (author)
Format: library binding
ISBN:
9780899669038 (0899669034)
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
Pages no: 316
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
War,
Thriller
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bookshelves: winter-20142015, published-1935, re-visit-2015, radio-4 Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from January 01, 1968 to February 26, 2015 BBC description: Samantha Bond and Toby Jones star in a new dramatisation of C.S. Forester's classic World...
I thought that The African Queen was a story about the male-female relationship. It was a story about how when men and women work together (as seen between Rose and Charlie) the two genders are at their best. When there is partnership and equality the couple can overcome powerful odds. But when ...
A good listen but not what I had expected. I thought there would be more humor but this was really a straight ahead adventure. The audio version was read by Michael Kitchen who kept the pace lively.
The basic set up: Missionary Rose Sayer is left high and dry after the Germans kill the villagers and her brother Samuel. Cockney boat owner Charley Allnut lets her ride along with him on his creaky old boat and Rose gets the brilliant idea to use the explosives on the boat to torpedo the Königin Lu...
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