King of Kings (eBook)

The Ballantynes and Courtneys meet in an epic story of love and betrayal

Wilbur Smith, Imogen Robertson (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
400 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
978-1-78576-849-1 (ISBN)

Infos

BOOK 6 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 MirrorDIVIDED BY WAR. UNITED BY LOVE.On a beautiful September day, General Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancee, the successful travel writer, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand through the busy streets of Cairo. The future is theirs for the taking. But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, plants doubt about his character, Amber leaves him and travels to the wilds of Abyssinia with her twin sister, Saffron, and her adventurer husband, Ryder Courtney. On a mission to establish a silver mine, they make the dangerous journey to the new capital of Addis Ababa, where they are welcomed by King Menelik II, the King of Kings. He knows of a plot to invade his beloved Abyssinia, and he needs the Courtneys to help him win. Back in Cairo, a heartbroken Penrod seeks oblivion in Lady Agatha and the city's opium dens, descending into ruin. He is rescued from himself by an old friend, who is now in the Italian army, and offered the chance restore his honour and to join the military efforts. Italy has designs on Abyssinia, and there are rumours of a plan to invade . . . With storm clouds gathering, and on opposing sides of the conflict, can Penrod and Amber find their way back to one another - against all the odds?An epic historical adventure of love, betrayal, courage and war. King of Kings brings together two of Wilbur Smith's greatest families, the Courtneys and the Ballantynes in this sequel to his worldwide bestseller, The Triumph of the Sun (Sunday Times, Jul 2018).The sixth book in the epic Ballantyne Series and the second title in an exciting crossover sequence between Wilbur Smith's two iconic family sagas, the Ballantynes and the Courtneys.The adventures of the Ballantynes and Courtney's continue in Book 7 of the Ballantyne series, Fire on the Horizon, coming soon. Available to pre-order now.

Autor

lt;b>Wilbur Smith (Author)
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

Imogen Robertson (Author)
Imogen Robertson studied languages at Cambridge and was a TV director before her first novel Instruments of Darkness was published in 2009. She is the author of The Crowther and Westerman crime series and The Paris Winter. Her novels have been shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger three times. You can find her online at www.imogenrobertson.com or on twitter @RobertsonImogen

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.4.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: abyssinia • action • Adventure • adventure fiction • Africa • African fiction • African History • America • American History • Ancient Egypt • Ancient Egyptian • Army • Authors to watch • Ballantyne family • Ballantyne Series • Battle • Bernard Cornwall • Bernard Cornwell • Bernerd Cornwall • bernerd cornwell • Best books • Bestseller • bestselling • bestselling author • big book • big books • books of the year • Bourne • brothers • Cairo • cinematic • Clive Cussler • conflict • Courtney family • Courtney saga • Courtney series • Cusler • David Churchill • David Gilman • Dirk Cussler • dramatic • Egypt • Egyptian • EPIC • epic adventure • Espionage • European History • exciting • Family • family drama • friendships • geoffrey archer • George R.R.Martin • Global bestselling author • global fiction • gripping • Harry Sidebottom • Hector Cross • Heroic men • Historical • historical fiction • History • Imogen Robertson • independence day • international bestseller • International bestselling author • italian invasion • Italy • James Patterson • Jason Bourne • Jeffery Archer • Jeffrey Archer • Julian Stockwin • legacy • Love • love interest • Ludlum • mens fiction • Military • Million copy bestseller • 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 • summer reads • Sunday Times • Sunday Times bestselling author • sweeping epic • Taita • televisual • Thriller • Tom Harper • Top Five • Top Ten • Triumph of the Sun • uprising • US • war • Wilber Smith • Wilbur Smith • World literature • World War 2
• ISBN-10: 1-78576-849-2 / 1785768492
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78576-849-1 / 9781785768491