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Queen Victoria’s reign is in full flourish, her Empire expanding and her colonies stretching across the globe. In Africa, the land proves rich with minerals, and the trading companies continue to cross the seas and grow. On the banks of the river Nile, two families meet: the Courtneys and the Ballantynes. Both influential, powerful, and determined to dominate, their encounter provides the background for Wilbur Smith’s dramatic and powerful novel. It is Wilbur Smith at his masterful best.

Review: I am reading Wilbur Smith’s “The Courtney Series”. I have now read 12 out of the 19 books in this series and they are all very good reads. This one, in particular, is a fantastic adventure which keeps you turning the pages. You can almost see all the characters and you can feel the pain, joy, love, disaster and near misses. A book like this really makes you feel like you are there alongside the heroes and villains, feeling hot, hungry and thirsty! I fully recommend that you get a list and read them in chronological order. The first book in the series is based in the 1660’s. This one, “The Triumph Of The Sun” is set in the 1880’s. Another tip, from me, is don’t read them in bed when you are tired, as you will end up with sore eyes!!

Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Northern Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries. He gained a film contract with his first published novel, When the Lion Feeds, which encouraged him to become a full-time writer. He went on to write three long chronicles of the South African experience, which became best-sellers. He acknowledged his publisher Charles Pick’s advice to “write about what you know best”; his work focuses on southern African ways of life, with emphasis on hunting, mining, romance, and conflict. By the time of his death in 2021, he had published 49 books. They have sold at least 140 million copies.