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Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[04 - Bertram becomes a Man of War. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1682</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3680d9cea95cb55d83d812d362a05349.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>05 - And is Ordered to East Africa. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/05-and-is-ordered-to-east-africa-cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--68048853</link><description><![CDATA[05 - And is Ordered to East Africa. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68048853</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:46:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68048853/cupidinafrica_05_wren_64kb.mp3" length="14023680" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>05 - And is Ordered to East Africa. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  
Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[05 - And is Ordered to East Africa. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1753</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3680d9cea95cb55d83d812d362a05349.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>06 - Preparations. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/06-preparations-cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--68048874</link><description><![CDATA[06 - Preparations. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68048874</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:48:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68048874/cupidinafrica_06_wren_64kb.mp3" length="5918720" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>06 - Preparations. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  
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Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[09 - Mombasa. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1355</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3680d9cea95cb55d83d812d362a05349.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>10 - The Mombasa Club. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-the-mombasa-club-cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--68048935</link><description><![CDATA[10 - The Mombasa Club. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68048935</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:56:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68048935/cupidinafrica_10_wren_64kb.mp3" length="7851008" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>10 - The Mombasa Club. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  
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Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[11 - Military and Naval Manoeuvres, part 1. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1349</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3680d9cea95cb55d83d812d362a05349.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>12 - Military and Naval Manoeuvres, part 2. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/12-military-and-naval-manoeuvres-part-2-cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--68048971</link><description><![CDATA[12 - Military and Naval Manoeuvres, part 2. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68048971</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:01:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68048971/cupidinafrica_12_wren_64kb.mp3" length="10445312" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>12 - Military and Naval Manoeuvres, part 2. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  
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Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[20 - The Bristol Bar. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1388</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3680d9cea95cb55d83d812d362a05349.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>21 - More Baking. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/21-more-baking-cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--68049177</link><description><![CDATA[21 - More Baking. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68049177</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:19:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68049177/cupidinafrica_21_wren_64kb.mp3" length="9251840" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/7d9bdf1a-7091-433b-bbcd-ae244779f95f/7d9bdf1a-7091-433b-bbcd-ae244779f95f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/7d9bdf1a-7091-433b-bbcd-ae244779f95f/7d9bdf1a-7091-433b-bbcd-ae244779f95f.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/7d9bdf1a-7091-433b-bbcd-ae244779f95f/7d9bdf1a-7091-433b-bbcd-ae244779f95f.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>21 - More Baking. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  
Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[21 - More Baking. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1157</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3680d9cea95cb55d83d812d362a05349.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>22 - Trial. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/22-trial-cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--68049216</link><description><![CDATA[22 - Trial. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68049216</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:21:54 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68049216/cupidinafrica_22_wren_64kb.mp3" length="7723520" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5db3232c-d4a8-4b23-b8e1-eace7795ff7f/5db3232c-d4a8-4b23-b8e1-eace7795ff7f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5db3232c-d4a8-4b23-b8e1-eace7795ff7f/5db3232c-d4a8-4b23-b8e1-eace7795ff7f.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5db3232c-d4a8-4b23-b8e1-eace7795ff7f/5db3232c-d4a8-4b23-b8e1-eace7795ff7f.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>22 - Trial. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  
Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[22 - Trial. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>966</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3680d9cea95cb55d83d812d362a05349.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>23 - Of a Pudding. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/23-of-a-pudding-cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--68049240</link><description><![CDATA[23 - Of a Pudding. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68049240</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:23:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68049240/cupidinafrica_23_wren_64kb.mp3" length="8386560" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/24e411b0-6bb3-4d35-9622-8fccd7790616/24e411b0-6bb3-4d35-9622-8fccd7790616.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/24e411b0-6bb3-4d35-9622-8fccd7790616/24e411b0-6bb3-4d35-9622-8fccd7790616.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/24e411b0-6bb3-4d35-9622-8fccd7790616/24e411b0-6bb3-4d35-9622-8fccd7790616.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>23 - Of a Pudding. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  
Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[23 - Of a Pudding. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1049</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3680d9cea95cb55d83d812d362a05349.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>24 - Stein-Brucker Meets Berram Greene - and Death. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/24-stein-brucker-meets-berram-greene-and-death-cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--68049264</link><description><![CDATA[24 - Stein-Brucker Meets Berram Greene - and Death. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68049264</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:27:44 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68049264/cupidinafrica_24_wren_64kb.mp3" length="8186880" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/39e48db2-1973-417d-abbe-f8d4880c1729/39e48db2-1973-417d-abbe-f8d4880c1729.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/39e48db2-1973-417d-abbe-f8d4880c1729/39e48db2-1973-417d-abbe-f8d4880c1729.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/39e48db2-1973-417d-abbe-f8d4880c1729/39e48db2-1973-417d-abbe-f8d4880c1729.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>24 - Stein-Brucker Meets Berram Greene - and Death. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  
Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[24 - Stein-Brucker Meets Berram Greene - and Death. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1024</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3680d9cea95cb55d83d812d362a05349.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>25 - Mrs. Stayne-Brooker Again. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/25-mrs-stayne-brooker-again-cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--68049368</link><description><![CDATA[25 - Mrs. Stayne-Brooker Again. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68049368</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68049368/cupidinafrica_25_wren_64kb.mp3" length="4618240" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/aed19fee-36ea-4e49-9fa5-d3b5bccb3485/aed19fee-36ea-4e49-9fa5-d3b5bccb3485.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/aed19fee-36ea-4e49-9fa5-d3b5bccb3485/aed19fee-36ea-4e49-9fa5-d3b5bccb3485.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/aed19fee-36ea-4e49-9fa5-d3b5bccb3485/aed19fee-36ea-4e49-9fa5-d3b5bccb3485.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>25 - Mrs. Stayne-Brooker Again. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  
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Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[26 - Love. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1228</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3680d9cea95cb55d83d812d362a05349.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>27 - Love and War. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/27-love-and-war-cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--68049410</link><description><![CDATA[27 - Love and War. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  <br />Bertram Greene, brilliant student, aesthete, intellectual and shy, decides to make his military father proud of him at last and joins the colonial Indian Army Reserve as a second Lieutenant at the start of Great War. Feeling a complete fish out of water, he is dispatched to India without any training whatsoever, and is expected to take charge of a company of native soldiers. He is then posted to East Africa to join the British fighting force there, and finds out what real soldiering means. This amusing, and at times harrowing tale gives a comprehensive description of the life and conditions of a soldier in the tropics, obviously written by someone who has experienced them. The author, P. C. Wren, is the author of the famous Beau Geste books.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cupid-in-africa-by-percival-christopher-wren--6759854/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68049410</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:33:32 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68049410/cupidinafrica_27_wren_64kb.mp3" length="11106816" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c7a097bd-3a18-4dc4-8996-1953fbdd83f5/c7a097bd-3a18-4dc4-8996-1953fbdd83f5.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c7a097bd-3a18-4dc4-8996-1953fbdd83f5/c7a097bd-3a18-4dc4-8996-1953fbdd83f5.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/c7a097bd-3a18-4dc4-8996-1953fbdd83f5/c7a097bd-3a18-4dc4-8996-1953fbdd83f5.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>27 - Love and War. Cupid in Africa by Percival Christopher Wren.  
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