The African Queen

First published in 1935, C.S. Forester's classic romantic adventure is a tale of opposites attracted. Allnut and Rose, a disreputable Cockney and an English spinster missionary, wend their way down a river in Central Africa in a rickety, asthmatic steam launch, and are gradually joined together in a mission of retaliation against the Germans. Fighting time, heat, malaria and bullets, the two have a dramatic rapprochement before the explosive ending of the book. This tale of unlikely love is thrilling and funny and ultimately satisfying.

Author: C. S. Forester
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 06/30/1984
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.51w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9780316289108
ISBN10: 0316289108
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)