From one of the world’s most celebrated and bestselling novelists comes an epic adventure in the spirit and tradition of Monsoon and Blue Horizon. It is 1884, and in the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitates a bloody rebellion and Holy War. The charismatic new religious leader, the Mahdi or 'Expected One', has gathered his forces of Arab warlords in preparation for a siege on the city of Khartoum. The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the city. British trader and businessman Ryder Courtney is trapped in the capital city of Khartoum under the orders of the infamously iron-willed General Charles George Gordon. It is here that he meets skilled soldier and swordsman Captain Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars and the British Consul, David Benbrook, as well as Benbrook’s three beautiful daughters. Against the vivid and bloody backdrop of the Arabs’ fierce and merciless siege these three powerful men must 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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Wilbur Addison Smith
Wilbur Smith nasceu na África Central em 1933. Foi educado na Michaelhouse e na Rhodes University. Tornou-se escritor em tempo integral em 1964, depois do sucesso de "When The Lion Feeds", e desde então escreveu 24 romances, todos cuidadosamente pesquisados em suas numerosas expedições pelo mundo. No Brasil já foram publicados os títulos "Quando os Lobos Choram", "MIna de Ouro", "Justiça Selvagem", "O Último Deus do Nilo", "O Caminho Da Águia", "A Noite do Leopardo", "O Sétimo Papiro", "Warlock" e sua famosa série da saga da família de corsários Courtney "Aves de Rapina", "Horizonte Azul" e "Monção".
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