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Roar of Thunder (Hardcover)

by Wilbur A. Smith (Author)
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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (1 Jun 1966)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0671626558
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671626556
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,856,640 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Book description from dustjacket, 3 Feb 2004
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Wilbur Smith's first book, "When the Lion Feeds," established him as a first-class writer of adventure novels. His exciting sense of African colonial life in the booming 1890's, his narrative speed and power, his ability to create big, vivid characters, won him a large following here and in England. Now he continues his bold historical saga of South African life in the days of Cecil Rhodes and the Victorian British Empire.
"The Roar of Thunder" is about the Boer War and the rough times that followed. It's hero is Sean Courney--ivory hunter, pioneer, soldier of forture--who is swept into the war against the burghers. Sean quickly distinguishes himself in harrowing missions across the front lines and, as a British officer, leads a commando unit designed to fight the Boers on their own brutal terms--guerrilla cobat in the veld.
In counterpoint to the immense historical events which demand Sean's violent participation, there are intense personal conflicts--with Leroux, the Boer Vecht General, who is fiercely determined to settle an ancient quarrel by killing Sean in hand-to-hand combat; with Garry, Sean's rivalrous, vengeful brother; with Dirk, Sean's neurotic, murderous son; and most of all, with Ruth, beautiful and self-willed, who can draw on hidden depths of savagery, the only woman whose vital force and courage are strong enough to win Sean's love.
This is a novel on the grand scale, packed with movement and life. Wilbur Smith's ability to capture the roaring vitality of African colonial life and his powerful narrative drive combine to make "The Roar of Thunder" an enthralling novel of romantic adventure.
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