On Leopard Rock: A Life of Adventures (eBook)

Wilbur Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
352 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
9781785765315 (ISBN)

Infos

Wilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and now he shares the extraordinary true stories that have inspired his fiction. I've been writing novels for over fifty years. I was lucky enough to miss the big wars and not get shot, but lucky enough to grow up among the heroes who had served in them and learn from their example. I have lucked into things continuously. I have done things which have seemed appalling at the time,disastrous even, but out of them have come another story or a deeper knowledge of human character and the ability to express myself better on paper, write books which people enjoy reading.Along the way, I have lived a life that I could never have imagined. I have been privileged to meet people from all corners of the globe, I have been wherever my heart has desired and in the process my books have taken readers to many, many places. I always say I've started wars, I've burned down cities and I've killed hundreds of thousands of people - but only in my imagination!From being attacked by lions to close encounters with deadly reef sharks, from getting lost in the African bush without water to crawling the precarious tunnels of gold mines, from marlin fishing with Lee Marvin to near death from crash-landing a Cessna airplane, from brutal school days to redemption through writing and falling in love, Wilbur Smith tells us the intimate stories of his life that have been the raw material for his fiction. Always candid, sometimes hilarious and never less than thrillingly entertaining, On Leopard Rockis testament to a writer whose life is as rich and eventful as his novels are compellingly unputdownable.

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: 17.5.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Schlagworte: Adventure • adventure fiction • Africa • African fiction • America • American History • Ancient Egypt • Ancient Egyptian • Authors to watch • Ballantyne • Ballantyne family • Ballantyne Series • Bernard Cornwall • Bernard Cornwell • Bernerd Cornwall • bernerd cornwell • Best books • Bestseller • bestselling • bestselling author • big book • big books • Big Game • books of the year • Bourne • cinematic • Clive Cussler • courtney • Courtney family • Courtney saga • Courtney series • Cusler • David Churchill • David Gilman • Dirk Cussler • dramatic • Egypt • Egyptian • Egyptian Series • EPIC • exciting • Family • family drama • Father's Day • game hunting • geoffrey archer • George R.R.Martin • gifts for dads • Global bestselling author • global fiction • gripping • Harry Sidebottom • Hector Cross • Hector Cross Series • historical fiction • History • Hunting • Imogen Robertson • international bestseller • International bestselling author • James Patterson • Jason Bourne • Jeffery Archer • Jeffrey Archer • Julian Stockwin • Love • Ludlum • Memoir • Memoir, Bestselling author • mens fiction • Million copy bestseller • Multi-million copy bestseller • Number 1 • Number 1 bestselling author • ones to watch • pharaoh • Rhodesia • Romance • Rory Clements • Safari • Saga • series • Simon Scarrow • South Africa • Standalone • summer reads • Sunday Times • Sunday Times bestselling author • sweeping epic • Taita • televisual • Thriller • Tom Harper • Top Five • Top Ten • US • Wilber Smith • Wilbur Smith • wildlife • World literature • World War 2 • Zambia • Zimbabwe
• ISBN-13: 9781785765315 / 9781785765315