Coates Frank:Beyond Mombasa
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An impossible dream ... and a love to defy the odds. In 1897 Ronald Preston attempts the seemingly impossible - building a railway line from exotic Mombasa, on the east coast of Africa, … Mehr…
An impossible dream ... and a love to defy the odds. In 1897 Ronald Preston attempts the seemingly impossible - building a railway line from exotic Mombasa, on the east coast of Africa, to Lake Victoria, deep in the continent`s wild and dark heart. His new bride, Florence, insists upon joining him. Yet ahead lie hostile tribes, dense jungles, floods, drought, man-eating lions, political intrigue, disease ... and somewhere within their crew stalks a silent menace. Ronald and Florence defy the odds and the conventions of their time to accomplish what the world said could not be done. Based on a true story, BEYOND MOMBASA takes the reader on a heart-stopping adventure across Africa - a land where man is pitted against not only nature, but against himself ... `blockbuster adventure with authenticity` WEEKEND AUStRALIAN Beyond Mombasa: An impossible dream ... and a love to defy the odds. In 1897 Ronald Preston attempts the seemingly impossible - building a railway line from exotic Mombasa, on the east coast of Africa, to Lake Victoria, deep in the continent`s wild and dark heart. His new bride, Florence, insists upon joining him. Yet ahead lie hostile tribes, dense jungles, floods, drought, man-eating lions, political intrigue, disease ... and somewhere within their crew stalks a silent menace. Ronald and Florence defy the odds and the conventions of their time to accomplish what the world said could not be done. Based on a true story, BEYOND MOMBASA takes the reader on a heart-stopping adventure across Africa - a land where man is pitted against not only nature, but against himself ... `blockbuster adventure with authenticity` WEEKEND AUStRALIAN, Harpercollins Publishers<
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The epic new African novel from the bestselling author of Tears of the Maasai. Beyond Mombasa tells the unforgettable story of Ronald and Florence Preston the pioneering Victorian-era c… Mehr…
The epic new African novel from the bestselling author of Tears of the Maasai. Beyond Mombasa tells the unforgettable story of Ronald and Florence Preston the pioneering Victorian-era couple who with the help of 1000 mutinous coolies not to mention all manner of beasts attempt the seemingly impossible - building a railway line from exotic Mombasa on the east coast all the way to Lake Victoria deep in Africas dark and wild heart. In an era when the French were threatening the British stronghold over Africa this intrepid couple defy the odds in their quest to accomplish the greatest engineering feat the world had ever seen. But to achieve their goal they must overcome innumerable challenges: inhospitable terrain floods droughts illness man-eating lions political pressures warring tribesmen traitors from within not to mention the huge personal strain put on their marriage ... Beyond Mombasa takes the reader on an heart-stopping adventure across Africa - a land full of danger and colour a land which has since the dawn of time resisted the white mans scourge and a land where man is pitted against not only nature but against himself. eBook<
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The epic new African novel from the bestselling author of Tears of the Maasai. Beyond Mombasa tells the unforgettable story of Ronald and Florence Preston the pioneering Victorian-era c… Mehr…
The epic new African novel from the bestselling author of Tears of the Maasai. Beyond Mombasa tells the unforgettable story of Ronald and Florence Preston the pioneering Victorian-era couple who with the help of 1000 mutinous coolies not to mention all manner of beasts attempt the seemingly impossible - building a railway line from exotic Mombasa on the east coast all the way to Lake Victoria deep in Africas dark and wild heart. In an era when the French were threatening the British stronghold over Africa this intrepid couple defy the odds in their quest to accomplish the greatest engineering feat the world had ever seen. But to achieve their goal they must overcome innumerable challenges: inhospitable terrain floods droughts illness man-eating lions political pressures warring tribesmen traitors from within not to mention the huge personal strain put on their marriage ... Beyond Mombasa takes the reader on an heart-stopping adventure across Africa - a land full of danger and colour a land which has since the dawn of time resisted the white mans scourge and a land where man is pitted against not only nature but against himself. eBook<
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Frank Coates:Beyond Mombasa
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eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), An impossible dream ... and a love to defy the odds. In 1897 Ronald Preston attempts the seemingly impossible - building a railway line from exotic Mombasa,… Mehr…
eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), An impossible dream ... and a love to defy the odds. In 1897 Ronald Preston attempts the seemingly impossible - building a railway line from exotic Mombasa, on the east coast of Africa, to Lake Victoria, deep in the continent's wild and dark heart. His new bride, Florence, insists upon joining him. Yet ahead lie hostile tribes, dense jungles, floods, drought, man-eating lions, political intrigue, disease ... and somewhere within their crew stalks a silent menace. Ronald and Florence defy the odds and the conventions of their time to accomplish what the world said could not be done. Based on a true story, BEYOND MOMBASA takes the reader on a heart-stopping adventure across Africa - a land where man is pitted against not only nature, but against himself ... 'blockbuster adventure with authenticity' WEEKEND AUStRALIAN, [PU: HarperCollins Publishers], Seiten: 576, HarperCollins Publishers, 2010<
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Theodore R. Schatzki:Beyond Mombasa
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