Assegai - Wilbur Smith

The First and The Best Book by Wilbur A smith

Advantages: Authentic details and a great read
Disadvantages: none at all..

Wilbur Smith was born in Rhodesia, where he still lives with his wife and family.Enthusiastic about big-game hunting, fishing and rock climbing,he has traveled extensively through Africa. These personal experiences have enabled him to write about the traumatic and disturbing state of White man's early days in South Africa in vivid and authentic color. He has been often accused of being sexist and a Racist and having extreme political inclinations.However,he remains a great path breaking writer , who is known to be a fanatic for accuracy where historical facts are concerned.. Some of his best selling works include: When the Lion Feeds (1964) which was his first novel, The Sound of Thunder (1966),A Sparrow Falls (1977)The Burning Shore (1985)A Time to Die (1989) Birds of Prey (1997) Monsoon (1999) and Blue Horizon ( 2003) among others ...

kiran8 04.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of When the Lion Feeds - Wilbur Smith

Another literary storm by Wilbur Smith

Advantages: A book that gives escapism a new meaning
Disadvantages: Not for "short book" readers (674 pages)

I've read almost all of Wilbur Smith's books now and after the exhausting task of finishing each one, I have to go and find the next (Anywhere dammit - bins, bookstores, charity shops - I don't care!!!!) Monsoon, set in the dawn of the eighteenth Century (another episode of the Courtney family - set about 25 years after “Birds of Prey” left off) is an enchanting tale of a family torn apart through each other’s differences. The East India Trading Company suffers catastrophic losses due to pirates on the high seas and after four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for what will be his most dangerous voyage yet - a life or death mission in the name of Empire… His sons (William - Black Billy to the other brothers, the determined bully of the boys, Guy and Tom - twins a few years ...

pookypop 15.02.2001 (15.06.2001) · Read full review
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Review of Monsoon - Wilbur Smith

The River God by Wilbur Smith

Advantages: Very enjoyable, very Egyptian
Disadvantages: It's over 600 pages-not good for those who are not patient

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medgenie 21.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of River God - Wilbur Smith