A Matter of Time - Couverture souple

Capus, Alex

 
9781907822032: A Matter of Time

Synopsis

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)

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À propos de l?auteur

Alex Capus published his first novel Munzinger Pascha in 1997 and has so far written ten books. The Armchair Traveller at the bookHaus published Capus Sailing by Starlight in its Literary Traveller series in 2010.

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1906598436 ISBN 13 :  9781906598433
Editeur : Haus Publishing, 2013
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