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Triumph of the Sun, Wilbur Smith
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2018
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- Titel
- Triumph of the Sun
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Wilbur Smith
- Verlag
- Zaffre
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2018
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 524
- ISBN10
- 1499861044
- ISBN13
- 9781499861044
- Reihe
- Courtney-Saga
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Krimi & Thriller, Historische Romane, Abenteuer, Liebe, Thriller, Abenteuerliteratur, Spannung, Beziehungen, Englische Literatur, Afrika, Verfilmt, Sagen, Sudan, Exotik
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2005
- Originaltitel
- The Triumph of the Sun
- Bewertung
- 4,35 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- The Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in an epic adventure Menace emanated from them as fiercely as the heat from the sun. Night and day, the drums never stopped, a constant reminder of the mortal threat that hung over them. She could hear them booming across the waters, like the heartbeat of the monster.' An unimaginable enemy will bring them together... In the burning heat of the Sudanese sun, the city of Khartoum is under siege from the fearsome forces of the Mahdi, the charismatic leader of those who tire of brutal Egyptian governing. In Khartoum, along with thousands of innocent citizens, are trapped the fanatical General Charles Gordon, intrepid soldier Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars, English trader Ryder Courtney, and the British consul and his three beautiful and fifty daughters. As rescue becomes increasingly unlikely, this group of Queen Victoria's loyal citizens must unite to prepare themselves against a nightmarish enemy, and for the savage battle to survive that must surely follow...