Wilbur Smith has won acclaim worldwide as the master of the historical novel. Now in Assegai he takes readers on an unforgettable African adventure set against the gathering clouds of war. It is 1913 and Leon Courtney an ex-soldier turned professional hunter in British East Africa guides the rich and powerful from America and Europe on big-game safaris. Leon had never sought fame but an expedition alongside U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has made him one of the most sought-after hunters on the continent. Soon he finds that with celebrity comes not just wealth—but also danger. Leon is recruited by his uncle Penrod Ballantyne commander of the British forces in East Africa to gather information on one of his clients: Count Otto von Meerbach a German industrialist whose company builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser’s burgeoning army. While spying Leon falls desperately in love with von Meerbach’s beautiful and enigmatic mistress Eva von Wellberg. On the eve of the World War Leon stumbles on a plot by Count von Meerbach that could wipe out the British forces in Africa. He finds himself left alone to frustrate von Meerbach’s plan and in grave peril as he learns more about the enigmatic Eva. Set amidst the tensions that will spark a war across continents Assegai delivers the fast-paced action and vivid history that has made Wilbur Smith an internationally bestselling author. Author: Smith Wilbur. Publisher: Macmillan Audio. Dimensions: 5.7" x 1.6" x 5.3".
Wilbur Smith has won acclaim worldwide as the master of the historical novel. Now in Assegai he takes readers on an unforgettable African adventure set against the gathering clouds of war. It is 1913 and Leon Courtney an ex-soldier turned professional hunter in British East Africa guides the rich and powerful from America and Europe on big-game safaris. Leon had never sought fame but an expedition alongside U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has made him one of the most sought-after hunters on the continent. Soon he finds that with celebrity comes not just wealth—but also danger. Leon is recruited by his uncle Penrod Ballantyne commander of the British forces in East Africa to gather information on one of his clients: Count Otto von Meerbach a German industrialist whose company builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser’s burgeoning army. While spying Leon falls desperately in love with von Meerbach’s beautiful and enigmatic mistress Eva von Wellberg. On the eve of the World War Leon stumbles on a plot by Count von Meerbach that could wipe out the British forces in Africa. He finds himself left alone to frustrate von Meerbach’s plan and in grave peril as he learns more about the enigmatic Eva. Set amidst the tensions that will spark a war across continents Assegai delivers the fast-paced action and vivid history that has made Wilbur Smith an internationally bestselling author. Author: Smith Wilbur. Publisher: Macmillan Audio. Dimensions: 5.7" x 1.6" x 5.3".
WILBUR SMITH was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Miachaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of "When the Lion Feeds," and has since written over thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages.
"Simon Vance does it all in Wilbur Smith's latest African adventure. Vance deftly becomes a Masai warrior; a powerful medicine woman; a German princess with a penchant for pain; a German industrialist hatching a conspiracy; and our hero, ex-soldier and great white hunter Leon Courtney...Great listening." -- "AudioFile"
The world is on the brink of World War I in Smith's epic of the Dark Continent. Big-game hunter and British army reserve officer Leon Courtney (of the Courtney family, last depicted by Smith in The Triumph of the Sun) also spies for the British in this graphic, colorful, and vivid novel of intrigue, romance, and violence. In short, Smith is up to his usual exciting stuff. A brutish German nobleman, Count von Meerbach plans to incite hard-line Boers to rebel against England; Courtney tries to stop it and, along the way, falls in love with Meerbach's beautiful mistress, who is also more than she appears to be. Africa in 1913 was a cruel and often brutal land but one of exquisite beauty, and Smith describes it in great detail. He is deeply sympathetic to the native peoples and their dealings with Europeans. Although sometimes overly florid when it comes to the language of romance, Smith here delivers for fans of good, action-filled historical fiction. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 1/09.]-Robert Conroy, Warren, MI Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
"Simon Vance does it all in Wilbur Smith's latest African adventure. Vance deftly becomes a Masai warrior; a powerful medicine woman; a German princess with a penchant for pain; a German industrialist hatching a conspiracy; and our hero, ex-soldier and great white hunter Leon Courtney...Great listening." -- "AudioFile"
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