Mature
Cupid in Africa - The Baking of Bertram in Love and War (Adventure Classic)
A misfit poet's trial by war in North Africa and a reckoning with his fatherBy P. C. Wren
Length10h 6m
About this audiobook
This carefully crafted ebook: "Cupid in Africa - The Baking of Bertram in Love and War (Adventure Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Cupid in Africa is the life story of Bertram Greene, a young British gentleman, a poet, an artist, a musician, a wretched student and intellectual and a bitter disappointment to his father, honorable, upright and scrupulous Major Hugh Greene. In order to gain fathers respect Bertram enlists in the army. After doing his training in India he gets sent to North Africa, where he gets involved in very tough and bloody battles. During his time in combat Bertram is learning about himself a lot and he goes through a major change, becoming a proper man of war.
Percival Christopher Wren (1875 - 1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. This was one of 33 novels and short story collections that he wrote, mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa. While his fictional accounts of life in the pre-1914 Foreign Legion are highly romanticized, his details of Legion uniforms, training, equipment and barrack room layout are generally accurate, which has led to unproven suggestions that Wren himself served with the legion.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, Historical Fiction
Length10 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 11, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Cupid in Africa - The Baking of Bertram in Love and War
17Chapter XI. Food and Feeders
2Part I. The Making of Bertram
18Chapter XII. Reflections
3Chapter I. Major Hugh Walsingham Greene
19Chapter XIII. Baking
4Chapter II. Mr. Charles Stayne-Brooker (or Herr Karl Stein-Brücker)
20Chapter XIV. The Convoy
5Chapter III. Mrs. Stayne-Brooker—and Her Ex-Stepson
21Chapter XV. Butindi
Show all chaptersShow less
6Part II. The Baking of Bertram By War
22Chapter XVI. The Bristol Bar
7Chapter I. Bertram Becomes a Man of War
23Chapter XVII. More Baking
8Chapter II. And is Ordered to East Africa
24Chapter XVIII. Trial
9Chapter III. Preparations
25Chapter XIX. Of a Pudding
10Chapter IV. Terra Marique Jactatus
26Chapter XX. Stein-Brücker Meets Bertram Greene—and Death
11Chapter V. Mrs. Stayne-Brooker
27Part III. The Baking of Bertram By Love
12Chapter VI. Mombasa
28Chapter I. Mrs. Stayne-Brooker Again
13Chapter VII. The Mombasa Club
29Chapter II. Love
14Chapter VIII. Military and Naval Manœuvres
30Chapter III. Love and War
15Chapter IX. Bertram Invades Africa
31Chapter IV. Baked
16Chapter X. M’paga
32Chapter V. Finis
More from P. C. Wren
Cardboard CastleP. C. Wren11h 5m$1 · $0.00
The Adventures of Major De BeaujolaisP. C. Wren11h 8m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of P. C. WrenP. C. Wren102h$2 · $0.00
P. C. Wren: Adventure Novels & Tales From the Foreign LegionP. C. Wren44h 24m$2 · $0.00
SNAKE & SWORDP. C. Wren9h 33m$1 · $0.00
The Collected Works of P. C. Wren: Complete Beau Geste Series, Novels & Short StoriesP. C. Wren102h$1 · $0.00
Beau Geste: The Mystery of the "Blue Water" & Major Henri De Beaujolais' Story (Adventure Novels)P. C. Wren16h 45m$1 · $0.00
Cupid in Africa: The Baking of Bertram in Love and WarP. C. Wren10h 7m$1 · $0.00
DRIFTWOOD SPARSP. C. Wren8h 46m$2 · $0.00
SNAKE AND SWORD (Unabridged)P. C. Wren8h 52m$2 · $0.00
P. C. WREN Ultimate Collection: The Complete BEAU GESTE TRILOGY + 4 Novels & 42 Short Stories of the Foreign LegionP. C. Wren101h 9m$2 · $0.00
Louis L’Amour’s Trio of TalesLouis L’Amour2h 8m$10
Northern ShadowsDaniel Greene12h 52m$23
Can’t Ride Around ItAnn Charles, Sam Lucky10h 13m$25
Punk’s FightWard Carroll10h 28m$20
The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m$53 · $0.00
Once an EagleAnton Myrer41h 21m$40
The Count Of Monte Cristo (Illustrated Edition)Alexandre Dumas52h 50m$2 · $0.00
Sons of War 4: SoldiersNicholas Sansbury Smith, Tom Abrahams12h 54m$25
With Fire and Sword, The Deluge & Pan MichaelHenryk Sienkiewicz113h 5m$1 · $0.00
The Road to Gundagai (The Matilda Saga, #3)Jackie French12h 31m$33 · $0.00
The Ultimate H. Rider Haggard CollectionHenry Rider Haggard599h 19m$2 · $0.00
EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEYS – Complete Collection: 41 Adventure Classics in One Volume (Illustrated)Jules Verne386h 5m$2 · $0.00
The Skull of the WorldKate Forsyth10h 28m5 (1)$20
The Greatest Zane Grey WesternsZane Grey73h 30m$2 · $0.00
Hang Them SlowlyWilliam W. Johnstone9h 22m$20
The Quantum ChainNick Jones12h 59m$23
The Wolf and the ManMax Brand8h 19m$20
Crack in the SkyTerry C. Johnston21h 57m$35
An Inside JobDaniel Silva9h 28m$29 · $0.00
Hell Hath No FuryCharles G. West7h 38m$17
Their Castilian OrphanAnna Belfrage14h 45m$27
With Fire and Sword, The Deluge & Pan MichaelHenryk Sienkiewicz113h 5m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Henry Rider HaggardHenry Rider Haggard694h 14m$2 · $0.00
The Count of Monte Cristo (With Original Illustrations)Alexandre Dumas54h 7m$2 · $0.00
Eagles over BritainLee Jackson12h 26m$23
The Palliser Novels: Complete 6 Book CollectionAnthony Trollope182h 37m$2 · $0.00
The Viennese DressmakerKathryn Gauci11h 46m$23 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43m$33 · $0.00
Under the Light of the Italian MoonJennifer Anton12h 28m$23 · $0.00
Jubilee, 50th Anniversary EditionMargaret Walker15h 43m$25 · $0.00
Arch of TriumphErich Maria Remarque15h 51m$28
Serenade for NadiaZülfü Livaneli9h 9m$20
The Complete Novels of Robert L. Stevenson (Illustrated)Robert Louis Stevenson101h 15m$1 · $0.00
Zane Grey - Ultimate Collection: 60+ Western Classics, Historical Novels & Baseball StoriesZane Grey568h 56m$1 · $0.00
The Collected WorksElizabeth Gaskell211h 58m$1 · $0.00
Between Two WorldsUpton Sinclair31h 43m$30
Under the Java MoonHeather B. Moore12h 23m$23
FamilyJ. California Cooper4h 43m$15
Rilla of InglesideLucy Maud Montgomery11h 44m$1 · $0.00
Rilla of InglesideL. M. Montgomery12h 25m$2 · $0.00
You may also like
The Lonely WarriorClaude Carlos Washburn11h 20m$2.30
Summer at TiffanyMarjorie Hart5h 44m$24 · $0.00
Good WivesLouisa May Alcott9h 33m$20
Georgina's Service StarsAnnie F. Johnston5h 25m$2 · $0.00
Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland, and the Golden Age of HollywoodMelanie Gall9h 47m$20 · $0.00
Ian FlemingAndrew Lycett21h 47m$32
The Paris ModelAlexandra Joel10h 30m$29 · $0.00
First the BladeClemence Dane11h 43m$2 · $0.00
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the WinnebagosHildegard G. Frey5h 55m$1 · $0.00
Bab: A Sub-DebMary Roberts Rinehart11h 5m$20
The Tin SoldierTemple Bailey8h 38m$1 · $0.00
Hamilton and Peggy!L. M. Elliott11h 4m$29 · $0.00
Blues from Laurel CanyonJohn Mayall8h 34m$20 · $0.00
Earth and High HeavenGwethalyn Graham11h 40m$2 · $0.00
Rilla of InglesideL. M. Montgomery11h 40m$25
The Complete Novels of Sir Walter ScottWalter Scott526h 20m$2 · $0.00
A Tuscan ChildhoodKinta Beevor8h 21m$20 · $0.00
Vanity Fair: October 2013 IssueVanity Fair6h 13m$7
MarmeeSarah Miller14h 19m$33 · $0.00
Deep Waters or a Strange StoryR. H. Crozier7h 48m$2.30