The Triumph of the Sun

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Wilbur Smith - The Triumph of the Sun.
In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion end Holy War headed by... Lire la suite
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Résumé

In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion end Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, the Mahdi or Expected One'. The British are force to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the scores of British subjects stranded in the country. Along with hundreds of others, British trader and businessman Ryder Courtney is trapped in the capital city of Khartoum. It is here that he meets Captain Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars, as well as the British Consul, David Benbrook, and his three beautiful daughters. Against the vivid and bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum, in which British General Charles George Gordon is killed and the British retreat, these three powerful men fight to survive.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/02/2006
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    0-330-41265-5
  • EAN
    9780330412650
  • Présentation
    Broché
  • Nb. de pages
    625 pages
  • Poids
    0.315 Kg
  • Dimensions
    11,0 cm × 18,0 cm × 4,0 cm

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Biographie de Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds, and has since written thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions world-wide. Hs books are now translated into twenty-six different languages.

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