The triumph of the sun - Brossura

Smith, Wilbur

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1447221702 ISBN 13: 9781447221708

Casa editrice: Pan, 2013

Riassunto

In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, the Madhi or 'Expected One'. The British are forced 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. The Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in Wilbur Smith's epic adventure, The Triumph of the Sun.

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Descrizione del libro:

1884, Khartoum, on the banks of the Nile, the Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in this epic adventure

L'autore:

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 over thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His other titles include the successful The Courtneys and The Ballantynes series, and Those in Peril and Vicious Circle, featuring security operative Hector Cross. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages.

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• Editore: Pan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1447221702
• ISBN 13: 9781447221708
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 640