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27%OFFGiles Froden - Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika - 9780141009841 - 9780141009841
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Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika

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Description for Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika paperback. It was the First World War and Britain was in trouble. Kaiser Wilhelm had put two warships on Lake Tanganika in Central Africa, giving him control of the region, and it was vital for Britain that those ships be destroyed. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.

At the start of World War One, German warships controlled Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa. The British had no naval craft at all upon 'Tanganjikasee', as the Germans called it. This mattered: it was the longest lake in the world and of great strategic advantage. In June 1915, a force of 28 men was despatched from Britain on a vast journey. Their orders were to take control of the lake. To reach it, they had to haul two motorboats with the unlikely names of Mimi and Toutou through the wilds of the Congo.



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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141009841
SKU
9780141009841
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Giles Froden
Giles Foden was born in Warwickshire in 1967 and grew up in Africa. The author of three novels -- Zanzibar, Ladysmith and The Last King of Scotland -- he works on the books pages of the Guardian. From 1993 to 1997 he was an assistant editor of the TLS. In 1998 he won the Whitbread First Novel Award and a ... Read more

Reviews for Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika
Another delightful tale sieved from the flotsam of African military history from a writer who is fast creating a niche of his own
Arena
Foden has brought to life one of the strangest episodes of the first world war'... a real romp through the desert of darkness and extremely funny
Sunday Times
Giles Foden writes with ... Read more

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