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The African Queen

By: C. S. Forester
Narrated by: Michael Kitchen
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Upon her brother's death, missionary Rose Sayer and Charles Allnutt, disreputable skipper of the African Queen, become allies as, marooned in German Central Africa during World War I, they fight their old launch downriver 'to strike a blow for England'.

©1935 C.S. Forester (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Africa

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Good story, but as above, lacked pace. Ends in a hurry. Will watch film now.

Good, but lacks pace.

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A great story, well written but for the ending which is very poor. The ending in the flim was better.

Great Story

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good read look forward to further work A .just perfect night time work to relax

GOOD fead

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this was very exciting to listen to.
I would like to say however that it was made for me so exciting by the quality of the narration. Wonderful.

very good in every way

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This was excellent. Full of drama and danger I could almost feel the oppressive heat of the African jungle. Two characters who make a perilous journey down river on a mission against the Germans in WWI. An ending that was a surprise and quite sad in many way to me.

Loved it

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