The Great White Queen
by William Le Queux
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Pure fun and adventure! An easy read with a few surprising turns. Think India Jones and you'll have the right feel. If you're looking for a good winter or summer curl up read, this is it! (Amazon)Tags
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This is somewhat of a departure for this author in that is is neither a crime novel nor a book involving spies and the like.
It is a tale of African adventure concerning a powerful lost nation which is ruled by the White Queen of the title.
The story begins in an English school in which two boys become great friends. One of these is the son of the White Queen and is summons to return to his land of birth. The two boys undertake the difficult journey back and survive many dangers on the way. it is however when they stand before the Queen that their difficulties really begin.
The story is an exciting one,told in a Boy's Own Magazine style.
It is a tale of African adventure concerning a powerful lost nation which is ruled by the White Queen of the title.
The story begins in an English school in which two boys become great friends. One of these is the son of the White Queen and is summons to return to his land of birth. The two boys undertake the difficult journey back and survive many dangers on the way. it is however when they stand before the Queen that their difficulties really begin.
The story is an exciting one,told in a Boy's Own Magazine style.
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William Le Queux (1864-1927) was an extraordinarily prolific author. His writing career began in 1893 and his production of four or five novels a year was sustained unstintingly until his death. He led a life rich in social climbing and self-fantasy. He made a distinctive contribution not only to the highly charged atmosphere of pre-war Britain, show more but also to the emerging genre of spy fiction. Indeed Le Queux helped establish a narrative device that was to become extremely important in having spy fiction accepted by its burgeoning audience. This device was 'faction'; an authorial insistence that the spy novel dealt, in thinly disguised fashion, with real events, real characters, real conspiracies Nicholas Hiley is Head of Information at the British Universities Film and Video Council show less
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- Original publication date
- 1896
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- (3.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 11
- ASINs
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