Storm Tide: The landmark 50th global bestseller from the one and only Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith

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Storm Tide: The landmark 50th global bestseller from the one and only Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith

Storm Tide: The landmark 50th global bestseller from the one and only Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith

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A friend,’ gasped Cal, making his voice hoarse and ragged. He had hidden his rifle from sight. ‘I came from Fairfield. A group of men are dismantling the bridge.’ Cornish had had his surgeon salve and bandage the shark bite on Rob’s leg, and given Rob a pair of canvas trousers to cover it. You were supposed to be seeing to the cattle herd out at Dutchman’s Creek, not playing at the seaside.’ Theo slumped in his favourite chair and sipped his tea. Even the drink was tainted with the sour taste of politics. Cal had refused to drink tea, ever since the British government put a tax on it.

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a b Agence France-Presse (14 November 2021). "The Guardian". Bestselling author Wilbur Smith dies aged 88. Cal nodded. It was not hard to feign sympathy. He only had to repeat the things he had heard his father say. Aidan put up his hand. A thin scar showed on the palm where he had cut it open six years earlier. A childish oath, but they both took it as solemnly as if they’d sworn on the Bible. Cal raised his own hand and pressed it against his brother’s.a b "Early Days". Wilbur Smith Books. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017 . Retrieved 14 March 2013. This was a great, escape beach read (while at a Sandals Resort in Antigua), filled with lots of action and seagoing adventure. A fast-paced story. This story is part of the Courtney family saga series by Wilbur Smith. Having read "Monsoon", a prior book in the series I discovered they can be read as stand-alone novels. Both novels were filled with richly developed characters and multiple story plots. Rob had never heard her talk like this before. For the first time in what seemed like his whole life, he felt that he was speaking to someone who truly understood him.

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The Army of the Blood of Liberty.’ Cal tried to invest the name with gravitas and majesty, though he knew it was a mouthful. The name was a compromise. Half the boys had insisted they should be the Army of Liberty, the others were adamant they should be the Blood of Liberty. After hours of heated debate, they had settled on both. The boy is growing up,’ said Cornish. George’s scowl deepened; Cornish hastily changed the subject. ‘Where is Jim?’ All the local tribes are loyal to us,’ Rob protested. ‘If there were any troubles, they would protect you.’

Consider it your inheritance from Jim,’ she said. ‘Wherever you go, it will ease your path. And if you are a true Courtney, you will make it grow tenfold before you come home.’ The standalone' books are so called purely as they do not form part of the 'Courtney', 'Ballantyne' or 'Egyptian' series! They cover a wide range of subjects, from lost civilisations to supersonic aerial combat. Several have been made into films or TV series. Shout at the Devil (1968) was a World War I adventure tale which would be filmed in 1976. It was followed by Gold Mine (1970), an adventure tale about the gold mining industry set in contemporary South Africa, based on a real-life flooding of a gold mine near Johannesburg in 1968. [24]

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The 'Courtney' novels trace the fortunes, and misfortunes, of this sprawling, ambitious family, from the dawn of the eighteenth century to the late twentieth century.

Couldn’t wait to get this new book - started reading on Sunday afternoon and finished tonight (Wednesday). Only problem is, the adventure is over. You call it treason. I call it common sense.’ And then, because Cal was of an age when he could not resist provocation: ‘King George is a tyrant who means to make slaves of us all.’ Down in the bay, the Dunstanburgh Castle sat at anchor, ready to sail on the morning tide. The calm water around her gleamed like a mirror. There was a small dugout canoe drawn up above the tidemark. Rob dragged it to the water’s edge and stowed his bag. He was about to get in, when suddenly a voice behind him said: No! You want him to stay alive – and that is very different.’ They glared at each other. Rob looked between them, the two men he loved most in the world. His father, and the grandfather who had been almost a second father to him. He hated being the cause of a quarrel between them. But above all – and the feeling was growing stronger – he hated these two old men telling him what to do. Nothing compared to the thrashing we will give King George,’ muttered Cal. He skipped out of the kitchen, avoiding the pewter mug Theo had thrown at his ear.



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