Power of the Sword (The Courtneys of Africa) - Softcover

Smith, Wilbur A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312940815 ISBN 13: 9780312940812

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Shasa Courtney was groomed by his French-born mother to take control of the Courtney Mining and Finance Company, whose font of wealth was sown deep beneath African soil. But Shasa's brother, Manfred, had been trained by his renegade father to be a hunter--of lions, and of men.

As the two boys became men, they took on the extraordinary powers of each parent: Shasa, a man in tune with his continent and its people; Manfred who, like his father, was willing to shape his world with a gun. So when the winds of World War II reached Africa, each brother chose a side

Now, the future of a young nation is being forged amidst a clash of civilizations, ideals, and blood feuds. And as Shasa and Manfred rise to power, a land of beauty and suffering will be remade--for better or for worse--in an image of their own, in Wilbur Smith's "Power of the Sword.""

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Review:

"You can get lost in Wilbur Smith...with his swashbuckling novels of Africa."--Stephen King, "Entertainment Weekly"

" You can get lost in Wilbur Smith... with his swashbuckling novels of Africa." -- Stephen King, "Entertainment Weekly"

"You can get lost in Wilbur Smith with his swashbuckling novels of Africa."--Stephen King, "Entertainment Weekly"

Praise for "Power of the Sword"

" ... a writer who ranks among the top three in the world in combing action, a venture and a sense of tough terrain to produce superbly readable books." - Georg Thaw, "The Mirror"

Praise for Wilbur Smith

"Smith is a master." --"Publishers Weekly
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"One of the world's most popular adventure writers." --"The Washington Post Book World"
"A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship." --"Tulsa World"

"Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared." --"The Times" (UK)
"Best Historical Novelist--I say Wilbur Smith, with his swashbuckling novels of Africa. The bodices of rip and the blood flows. You can get lost in Wilbur Smith and misplace all of August."--Stephen King
"Action is Wilur Smith's game, and he is a master."--"The Washington Post Book World"

"The world's leading adventure writer." --"Daily Express" (UK)

"Wilbur Smith rarely misses a trick."--"Sunday Times"

"Smith is a captivating storyteller." --"The Orlando Sentinel"

"No one does adventure quite like Smith." --"Daily Mirror" (UK)
"A thundering good' read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith's books." --"The Irish Times"

Praise for "Power of the Sword"

" ... a writer who ranks among the top three in the world in combing action, a venture and a sense of tough terrain to produce superbly readable books." - Georg Thaw, "The Mirror"

Praise for Wilbur Smith

... a writer who ranks among the top three in the world in combing action, a venture and a sense of tough terrain to produce superbly readable books. "Georg Thaw, The Mirror""

Book Description:

Across the goldfields of South Africa to the 1930s Olympics in Berlin, this is an astonishing novel of adventure

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312940815
• ISBN 13: 9780312940812
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 871