goes to...Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure by Giles Foden.
So far a hilarious and highly recommended read!
It concerns of course the battle of Lake Tanganjika in 1915, and the struggle to get two motor launches across hundreds of miles of African jungle, led by the outrageously excentric skirt-wearing Geoffrey Spicer-Simson.
And the prize for most misleading RN history book title...
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MichelB
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And the prize for most misleading RN history book title...
If all else fails, a complete pig-headed refusal to see facts in the face will see us through. - General Melchett
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RickF
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Re: And the prize for most misleading RN history book title...
Is this a re-issue of Foden's earlier book "Mimi and Toutou Go Forth" or is it a new book?
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MichelB
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Re: And the prize for most misleading RN history book title...
A re-issue.
If all else fails, a complete pig-headed refusal to see facts in the face will see us through. - General Melchett