African Queen
Autor C. S. Foresteren Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 1984
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316289108
ISBN-10: 0316289108
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 138 x 215 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Hachette Book Group
ISBN-10: 0316289108
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 138 x 215 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Hachette Book Group
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A classic tale of love and adventure from the author of the Captain Hornblower series.
The film adaptation, which starred Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, became one of the most popular films ever made.
The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat - not the kind of boat anyone would take down a dangerous river through the jungles of Central Africa. But Rose Sayer and Charlie Allnut do just that.
Why do they do it? The First World War has just begun, and Rose has a crazy plan. She and Charlie set off down the river and come close to death many times, but they survive all dangers - except the danger of falling in love.
A classic tale of love and adventure from the author of the Captain Hornblower series.
The film adaptation, which starred Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, became one of the most popular films ever made.
The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat - not the kind of boat anyone would take down a dangerous river through the jungles of Central Africa. But Rose Sayer and Charlie Allnut do just that.
Why do they do it? The First World War has just begun, and Rose has a crazy plan. She and Charlie set off down the river and come close to death many times, but they survive all dangers - except the danger of falling in love.
Notă biografică
C. S. Forester was born in Cairo but moved to London with his mother where he was educated at Alleyn's School and Dulwich College. He began to study medicine at Guy's Hospital, London, but left without completing his degree and established himself as a professional writer in the early 1920s. Rejected by the army, he moved to America during the Second World War and wrote propaganda for the British Information Service. He eventually settled in California and died in 1966. Forester is best known for his twelve-book Horatio Hornblower series, set during the Napoleonic wars, and for The African Queen (1935), which was made famous by the film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart and Catherine Hepburn.