A Matter of Time - Hardcover

Capus, Alex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1906598436 ISBN 13: 9781906598433

Verlag: Haus Publishing Ltd., 2013

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Wilhelm II to dismantle a steam ship, send the parts to German East Africa, and reassemble it on Lake Tanganyika.
Their initial aim of getting the task done quickly and returning home to claim an excellent salary is quickly eclipsed by the enchantment of the exotic landscape, the governor’s beautiful wife, and the violent machinery of colonialism.
At the same time, Winston Churchill sends Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson to transport two dilapidated and incongruously named gun-boats, Mimi and Toutou, to the other side of the lake.
When World War I breaks out the Germans and British are facing each other, and the boat-builders reluctantly find themselves having to fight under the unsympathetic Captain-Lieutenant Gustav von Zimmer.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alex Capus is a French-Swiss novelist who writes in German. His works of fiction and non-fiction that have been translated into English include Sailing by Starlight (2008), Leon and Louise (2012) Almost Like Spring (2013) and Skidoo (2014).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Haus Publishing Ltd.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1906598436
• ISBN 13: 9781906598433
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 252
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