A Matter of Time - Couverture souple

Capus, Alex

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1907822038 ISBN 13 : 9781907822032

Editeur : Haus Publishing, 2011

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In November 1913, three German shipbuilders, led by master shipwright Anton Ru ter, were ordered by Kaiser Wilhelm II to dismantle a steam ship, send the parts to German East Africa, and reassemble it on Lake Tanganyi- ka. 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. (20091123)

Revue de presse

A war-torn farce worth waiting for. --The Independent

Now Alex Capus has added another layer to this strange episode in a sideshow of the first world war, with a wonderful fictionalised account of what the Germans did while Spicer pranced about in his skirt. --Giles Foden , The Spectator

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Haus Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1907822038
• ISBN 13: 9781907822032
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256