King of Kings
(Sprache: Englisch)
Sequel to The Truimph of the Sun. Cairo, 1888. Pernod Ballantyne's fiancee, Amber, and Saffron Courtney go on a mission to establish a silver mine, they are welcomed by the King of Kings. But Italy has designs on Abyssinia.
With storm clouds gathering, and...
With storm clouds gathering, and...
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Sequel to The Truimph of the Sun. Cairo, 1888. Pernod Ballantyne's fiancee, Amber, and Saffron Courtney go on a mission to establish a silver mine, they are welcomed by the King of Kings. But Italy has designs on Abyssinia.
With storm clouds gathering, and on opposing sides of the invasion, can Penrod and Amber find their way back to one another - against all the odds?
With storm clouds gathering, and on opposing sides of the invasion, can Penrod and Amber find their way back to one another - against all the odds?
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A n epic story of love, betrayal, courage and war that brings together two of Wilbur Smith's greatest families in this long-awaited sequel to his worldwide bestseller , The Triumph of the Sun .Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancée, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking.
But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, plants doubt about his character, Amber leaves him and travels to the wilds of Abyssinia with her twin sister, Saffron, and her adventurer husband, Ryder Courtney. On a mission to establish a silver mine, they make the dangerous journey to the new capital of Addis Ababa, where they are welcomed by Menelik, the King of Kings.
Back in Cairo, a devastated Penrod seeks oblivion in the city's opium dens. He is rescued by an old friend, who is now in the Italian army, and offered the chance to join the military efforts. Italy has designs on Abyssinia, and there are rumours of a plan to invade . . .
With storm clouds gathering, and on opposing sides of the invasion, can Penrod and Amber find their way back to one another - against all the odds?
Autoren-Porträt von Wilbur Smith
Robertson, Imogen Imogen Robertson studied languages at Cambridge and was a TV director before her first novel Instruments of Darkness was published in 2009. She is the author of The Crowther and Westerman crime series and The Paris Winter . Her novels have been shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger three times. You can find her online at www.imogenrobertson.com or on twitter @RobertsonImogen
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Wilbur Smith
- 2019, 448 Seiten, Maße: 16,1 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Zaffre
- ISBN-10: 1785768468
- ISBN-13: 9781785768460
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.04.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
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