The African Queen Av C. S. Forester

<p><b>A classic tale of love and adventure from the author of the Captain Hornblower series. </b><br><br><b>The film adaptation, which starred Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, became one of the most popular films ever made.</b><br><br><i>The African Queen</i> is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat - not the kind of boat anyone would take down a dangerous river through the jungles of Central Africa. But Rose Sayer and Charlie Allnut do just that. <br><br>Why do they do it? The First World War has just begun, and Rose has a crazy plan. She and Charlie set off down the river and come close to death many times, but they survive all dangers - except the danger of falling in love.</p>