The Triumph of the Sun (eBook)

The Courtney Series 12

Wilbur Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
524 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
9781785765971 (ISBN)

Infos

BOOK 5 IN THE BALLANTYNE SERIES, BY INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King 'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror A FEARSOME ENEMY. A CITY UNDER SIEGE. In the burning heat of the Sudanese sun, the city of Khartoum is under siege from the fearsome forces of the Mahdi, the charismatic leader of rebel forces who tire of the brutal Egyptian government. In Khartoum, along with thousands of innocent citizens, are trapped the fanatical General Charles Gordon, intrepid soldier Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars, English trader Ryder Courtney and the British consul, David Benbrook, and his three beautiful daughters, Rebecca, Saffron and Amber. As rescue becomes increasingly unlikely, this group of Queen Victoria's loyal citizens must unite to prepare themselves against a violent enemy, and for the savage battle that must surely follow . . . The Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in a sweeping adventure from the master of adventure fiction.The fifth book in the epic Ballantyne Series and the first in an exciting crossover sequence between Wilbur Smith's two iconic family sagas, the Ballantynes and the Courtneys. The adventures of the Ballantynes and Courtneys continue in Book 6 of the Ballantyne series, King of Kings, available now and Book 7, Fire on the Horizon, coming soon. Available to pre-order now.

Autor

lt;b>Wilbur Smith is a worldwide phenomenon. His readership has built up over fifty-five years of writing.
Born in Central Africa in 1933, Wilbur became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds, and has since published over forty global bestsellers, including the Courtney Series, the Ballantyne Series, the Egyptian Series, the Hector Cross Series and many successful standalone novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide.
The establishment of the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation in 2015 cemented Wilbur's passion for empowering writers, promoting literacy and advancing adventure writing as a genre. The foundation's flagship programme is the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.
For all the latest information on Wilbur visit www.wilbursmithbooks.com or facebook.com/WilburSmith

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Courtney series
• Reihe/Serie: Courtney series
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: action • Adventure • adventure fiction • Africa • African fiction • African History • America • American History • Ancient Egypt • Ancient Egyptian • Army • Authors to watch • Ballantyne family • Ballantynes • Battle • Bernard Cornwall • Bernard Cornwell • Bernerd Cornwall • bernerd cornwell • Best books • Bestseller • bestselling • bestselling author • big book • big books • books of the year • Bourne • British history • Brotherhood • brothers • cinematic • Clive Cussler • conflict • Courtney family • Courtneys • Courtney saga • Courtney's War • Cusler • David Churchill • David Gilman • Dirk Cussler • dramatic • Egypt • Egyptian • EPIC • epic adventure • Espionage • exciting • Family • family drama • Family Saga • friendships • geoffrey archer • George R.R.Martin • Ghost Fire • Global bestselling author • global fiction • gripping • Harry Sidebottom • Hector Cross • Heroic men • historical fiction • History • Imogen Robertson • independence day • international bestseller • International bestselling author • James Patterson • Jason Bourne • Jeffery Archer • Jeffrey Archer • Julian Stockwin • King of Kings • legacy • Lion • Love • love interest • Ludlum • mens fiction • Military • Million copy bestseller • Monarchy • Multi-million copy bestseller • Nineteenth century • Number 1 • Number 1 bestselling author • ones to watch • pharaoh • Rebellion • Romance • Rory Clements • Saga • series • sibling rivalry • Simon Scarrow • South Africa • Standalone • Sudan • summer reads • Sunday Times • Sunday Times bestselling author • sweeping epic • Taita • televisual • Thriller • Tom Harper • Top Five • Top Ten • uprising • US • war • Wilber Smith • Wilbur Smith • World literature • World War 2
• ISBN-13: 9781785765971 / 9781785765971