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Cristina Morató
The African Queens

(Las reinas de África)

Biographies and Personalities / Commercial Non-Fiction

  • Published: 04/04/2003
  • 384 pages

A fascinating collection of biographies, anecdotes and stories about the first female explorers to arrive in Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries, written in a highly entertaining fashion. All of them were united by their search for adventure and their consuming desire to explore the unknown.

About the author

SPAIN – Cristina Morató (Barcelona, 1961) is a journalist and writer, who directed television programs, and collaborated with the press and radio. Her books have met with extraordinary success from reviewers and readers, and have been translated into several languages, like French, Portuguese, Polish, Bulgarian and Hungarian.

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  • Poland: Amber
  • Portugal: Gótica