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Khartoum 1884: on the banks of the Nile the Courtneys meet the Ballantynes.
In the Sudan decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo, precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, the Mahdi or Expected One. The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the country.
Along with hundreds of others, British trader and businessman Ryder Courtney is trapped in the capital city of Khartoum. It is here that he meets Captain Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars, as well as the British Consul, David Benbrook, and his three beautiful daughters. Against the vivid and bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum, in which British General Charles George Gordon is killed and the British retreat, these three powerful men fight to survive.
Rich with vibrant historical detail and infused with his inimitable powers of storytelling, The Triumph of the Sun is Wilbur Smith at his masterful best.
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Authored by Wilbur Smith and published by MacMillan of London in 2005. Hard cover bound this First Edition copy is in Very Good condition, covered in plastic, with a Very Good dust jacket. The size of the book is 240x158x40mm, with 501 pages. ISBN 9781405005708.
Dust jacket has slight bumping on head. Book has edges and pages slightly yellowing. 501pp, col maps as eps. Please see this booksellers listings for more titles by W S.
