Power of the Sword - Softcover

Smith, Wilbur

4.2

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330297643 ISBN 13: 9780330297646

Publisher: Pan Books, 1998

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Power of the Sword is the story of an intense sibling rivalry in war-torn South Africa from bestselling author, Wilbur Smith.

They were half-brothers, raised in different worlds in the same country, and destined to be lifelong enemies. Manfred De La Ray and Shasa Courtney, sons of Centaine de Thiry, were blood enemies from their very first boyhood encounter. Caught up in the tumult of South Africa's history through two decades, they found themselves adversaries in an age-old war of savagery to seize the sword of power in their land. Sweeping from the teeming goldfields of the highland to the secret citadels of Afrikaaner power, from the clamouring stadiums of Hitler's Berlin Olympics to the raging war over Abyssinia.

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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 from one of the world's most celebrated novelists

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