The Triumph of the Sun

Smith, Wilbur

ISBN 10: 1593976852 ISBN 13: 9781593976859

Verlag: Macmillan Audio, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

From one of the world’s most celebrated novelists comes an epic adventure set on the banks of the Nile in Khartoum, 1884
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 hundreds 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. Rich with vibrant historical detail and infused with his inimitable powers of storytelling, THE TRIUMPH OF THE SUN is Wilbur Smith at his masterful best.

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WILBUR SMITH is the bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages and have sold over eighty million copies.

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As the city of Khartoum is attacked in 1884, British subjects Captain Penrod Ballantyne, trader Ryder Courtney, and Consul David Benbrook and his three daughters fight for their lives and freedom. Tim Pigott-Smith reads action scenes with plenty of emotion, making listeners feel the horror of a man dying from burns in a sea battle, a beheading, or a torture device designed to crush a man's windpipe when he tires of pitting himself against it. His rapid-fire, breathless narration as he reads the epic action adds to the pulse-pounding tone. To abridge or not to abridge? Wilbur Smith himself says he enjoyed this slimmed-down reading, which moves as swift as an arrow to its conclusion. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Macmillan Audio
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1593976852
• ISBN 13: 9781593976859
• Einband: Audio CD
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