Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika: The Bizzare Battle of Lake Tanganyika - Rilegato

Foden, Giles

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0718145550 ISBN 13: 9780718145552

Casa editrice: Michael Joseph, 2004

Riassunto

"It's the duty of the Royal Navy to engage the enemy wherever she is afloat" is the order of the day, but their lordships would never have imagined what they would be letting themselves into when they sent Lt. Spicer Simson and his ragtag expedition to sink three German Steamers on Lake Tanganyika in central Africa. Spicer Simon, when he wasn't AWOL, would perform ritual baths for his African bearers, who quickly christened him Lord Belly Cloth.

Fitzcarraldo meets Heart of Darkness, this is rich, vivid and flashmanesque in its appeal - military history at its most absorbing and entertaining

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Giles Foden grew up in Africa and was an assistant editor at the Times Literary Supplement for three years before joining the Guardian. He won the 1998 Whitbread First Novel Award for The Last King of Scotland.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Michael Joseph
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0718145550
• ISBN 13: 9780718145552
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 336