- Hardcover: 880 pages
- Publisher: Pan; 2 edition (26 Nov 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333782070
- ISBN-13: 978-0333782071
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.3 x 5.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 361,134 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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They were half-brothers, raised in different worlds in the same country, and destined to be lifelong enemies. Manfred De La Ray and Shasa Courtney, sons of Centaine de Thiry, were blood enemies from their very first boyhood encounter. Caught up in the tumult of South Africa's histroy through two decades, they found themselves adversaries in an age-old war of savagery to seize the sword of power in their land.
Sweeping from the teeming goldfields of the highland to the secret citadels of Afrikaner power, from the clamouring stadiums of Hitler's Berlin Olympics to the raging war over Abyssinia, their story was to become a rich, thrilling adventure, an epic saga of rivalry and revenge, of winners and losers in a struggle where only the ruthless survived.
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They were half-brothers, raised in different worlds in the same country, and destined to be lifelong enemies. Manfred De La Ray and Shasa Courtney, sons of Centaine de Thiry, were blood enemies from their very first boyhood encounter. Caught up in the tumult of South Africa's history through two decades, they found themselves adversaries in an age-old war of savagery to seize the sword of power in their land. Sweeping from the teeming goldfields of the highland to the secret citadels of Afrikaaner power, from the clamouring stadiums of Hitler's Berlin Olympics to the raging war over Abyssinia.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read the other reviews before I bought this book, and I was glad that I bought it. The reviews pretty well summed the book up. For me the book was at first slow at establishing a story and seemed to drift from time to time. Once the main characters were established the story developed like watching a feature length movie. I love the way Smith potrays his characters to be so life like almost tangible. I would recommend this book to anyone who has read previous Wilbur Smith books, not as a first time read due to its slow start.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I began reading Wilbur Smith several years ago with his Egyptian series. Since then I have read and enjoyed all of his novels up to this point in the Courtney series. I found a website a few years ago that follows the timelines of all of his novels and I found it best to read them in this order. As most of you may know the books seem to start and end with the lifetimes of the characters. It saddens me to know that someday soon the characters will catch up to our present day. But that is the beauty of books. You can read them over and over again. This book captures an era which was described to me by my grandfather many years ago. His life was much different than what happens here but many of his stories reflect what Wilbur Smith describes in this book....Enjoy!!!
17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Right from the first few pages you are engrossed in yet another Wilbur Smith classic. His attention to detail will have you unable to put the book down. Throughout the novel you will find your loyalties to the key characters constantly changing. The way Smith intertwines the various storylines, rather than confusing the overall plot, only deepens the intrigue. Wilbur Smith is a very addictive novellist.
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good read
very good book, as always Wilbur Smith never lets you down,once you begin reading you are hooked and you can't put the book down.
Published 26 days ago by jilly
A great story rediscovered
I had forgotten how good a story this was until I rediscovered it on Kindle. Lothar de la rey is an unlikely hero but when you think back to the Burning Shore you realise that... Read more
Published 1 month ago by chas
Top class read
I would recommend this writer to anyone,,,,,,,,,a great among scribes go to where the lion feeds to a start the tale
Published 5 months ago by J E. HAMILTON-BIRD
wilbur
excellant story. yet again wilbur produces another blockbuster. could almost smell the flowers on table mountain and the wind through my hair!
Published 7 months ago by jenny
power of the sword
As always Wilbur Smith holds you riveted from the first page. His knowledge of Africa is a history lesson in it self, though more interesting by far than any thing learnt a school! Read more
Published 11 months ago by sandy
Power of the sword
Excellent books grips you from the start, gives a vivid insight into the background of the modern South African
Published on 29 May 2009 by A. Akende
Worthwhile in the end
Of the Courtney series so far this is, in my opinion the slowest, although admittedly about halfway through it does pick up and is definatly worth reading to the end. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2008 by edzshed
A great holiday read
I have almost finished this book after devouring it on holiday in just a few days, and i think this is in my top 5 Wilbur Smith books. Read more
Published on 11 May 2007 by David Foden
Wilbur Does it Again
This Wilbur Smith novel took a bit more getting into than some others. But stick with it and you'll enjoy sub-plot after sub-plot, but each with a link to the next that makes you... Read more
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