The African Queen

Name: The African Queen
Author: C.S. Forester

by C.S. Forester

Adventure novel about riverboat journey through African wilderness with danger

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About the author

C.S. Forester

C.S. Forester created Horatio Hornblower, one of the most beloved heroes in adventure fiction, in a series of naval novels set during the Napoleonic Wars. His meticulous historical research and his psychological insight into the lonely burden of command made the series a literary as well as popular success. He also wrote The African Queen, filmed by John Huston.

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