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Adventure, humor, and history entwine in Africa.

Mimi and Toutou Go Forth would appeal to readers who enjoy military history with a touch of eccentricity and humor. The book tells the incredible true story of a group of British soldiers who embark on a dangerous journey to control Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa during World War One. The book is filled with adventure, humor, and historical information that is sure to engage and entertain readers.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780141009841
Authors: Giles Foden
Publisher: Penguin UK
Date of Publication: 2005-07-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Travel, History
Related Topics: War, History, Travelogue, Adventure
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 417 readers)

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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 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. The 28 were a strange bunch -- one was addicted to Worcester sauce, another was a former racing driver -- but the strangest of all of them was their skirt-wearing, tattoo-covered commander, Geoffrey Spicer-Simson. Whatever it took, even if it meant becoming the god of a local tribe, he was determined to cover himself in glory. But the Germans had a surprise in store for Spicer-Simson, in the shape of their secret 'supership' the Graf von Gotzen . . . Unearthing new German and African records, the prize-winning author of The Last King of Scotland retells this most unlikely of true-life tales with his customary narrative energy and style. Fitzcarraldo meets Heart of Darkness, this is rich, vivid and flashmanesque in its appeal - military history at its most absorbing and entertaining
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Adventure, humor, and history entwine in Africa.

Mimi and Toutou Go Forth would appeal to readers who enjoy military history with a touch of eccentricity and humor. The book tells the incredible true story of a group of British soldiers who embark on a dangerous journey to control Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa during World War One. The book is filled with adventure, humor, and historical information that is sure to engage and entertain readers.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.