Name: Fire on the Horizon
SKU: 56693075
Price: 951.00 TWD
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Author: Wilbur Smith
ISBN: 9781838779740

Type

Physical Book

Author

Wilbur Smith

Publisher

Zaffre

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781838779740

Synopsis "Fire on the Horizon"

The sequel to worldwide bestsellers The Triumph of the Sun and King of Kings. A FAMILIAR FOE. A BATTLE FOR THE HEART OF A COUNTRY AT WAR WITH ITSELF. South Africa, 1899 - the smouldering hostility between the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the British colonies of the Cape and Natal is about to burst into flame. War is coming and no one can prevent it. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne, hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman, is sent to Mafeking, 'the place of stones', to recruit and train men for the fighting ahead. Amber, his wife, the successful novelist, accompanies him - eager to see more of the country her husband is about to risk his life for. But when war is declared, Amber must flee with their baby son and pray for her husband's survival against impossible odds. Eight hundred miles to the south, in Cape Town, Ryder Courtney - adventurer, maverick, industrialist - is using his wealth and connections to bankroll the British war effort. His artist wife Saffron, frustrated by stuffy Cairo society, has joined him with their three children. There is peace in the Courtney household, or so Saffron believes, until their eldest son, Leon, stows away on a train to the front line, determined to join his distinguished uncle, Penrod Ballantyne, in changing the course of history. Saffron and Ryder have no choice but to leave the safety of the Cape Colony and follow. Leon is convinced that his parents are without honour and courage. Little does he realise that he has no chance of escaping the people they used to be. Two families torn apart, caught up in a battle for the heart of a country at war with itself. The Courtneys and the Ballantynes come together once again in the sequel to the worldwide bestsellers The Triumph of the Sun and King of Kings.

Wilbur Smith

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Recibió su educación en el Michaelhouse College y en la Rhodes University. A partir de 1964, tras el éxito de Cuando comen los leones, se dedicó de lleno a la escritura. Desde entonces ha dado a conocer más de treinta novelas, fruto de minuciosas investigaciones realizadas en sus viajes alrededor del mundo. Sus libros han sido traducidos a veintiséis idiomas. Ha vendido más de ciento veinte millones de ejemplares de sus inolvidables historias en todo el mundo, tres millones y medio solamente en Argentina.

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