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Gypsy Smith (1860-1947) was an evangelist who made over 40 evangelistic trips abroad to such countries as the United States, Australia, and South Africa. J. Wilbur Chapman (1859-1918), a Presbyterian, had great success in four pastorates, but is best remembered as a powerful evangelist. William Booth (1829-1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army.

New York Times bestselling author Wilbur Smith—hailed by Stephen King as the “best historical novelist” and one of the world’s biggest-selling authors—returns to Ancient Egypt in this breathtaking epic that conjures the magic, mystery, romance, and bloody intrigue of a fascinating lost...

Former operative Major Hector Cross must face off against a pair of lethal enemies and prevent an international catastrophe in this gripping contemporary adventure-thriller—perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Ted Bell, and Vince Flynn—from the legendary worldwide bestselling author of Desert...

The saga of the legendary Courtney family continues in this fourteenth installment in Wilbur Smith’s bestselling series—the sequel to 2009’s Assegai—a thrilling tale of espionage, adventure, and danger, set in Africa and spanning from the Great War’s end to the dark days of World War...

The New York Times bestselling author of Desert God and Pharaoh adds another chapter to his popular historical saga featuring the seafaring Tom Courtney, the hero of Monsoon and Blue Horizon, with this magnificent swashbuckling saga set in the eighteenth century and packed with action, violence...

For readers of Game of Thrones, Ken Follett, and Clive Cussler: an epic adventure spanning land and sea... time and distance... courage, revenge, and everything in between. GOLDEN LION He saw his father executed in battle. He spent his youth avenging that death. And now Henry 'Hal' Courtney is a...

Jack and his friends, Amelia and Xander, are in Zanzibar diving for lost treasure to support Jack's mother's coral protection project. Going further than usual on their last day, their dive boat is lured into a trap and captured by Somali pirates. Determined that his mother shouldn't pay a ransom for their release, Jack won't give up his attempts to escape. Transferred to a militia training camp for boy soldiers, the trio's only hope is the resourceful Somali boy called Mo who befriends them.

Wilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and now he shares the extraordinary true stories that have inspired his fiction. From being attacked by lions to close encounters with deadly reef sharks, from getting lost in the African bush without water to crawling the precarious tunnels of gold mines, from marlin fishing with Lee Marvin to near death from crash-landing a Cessna airplane, from brutal school days to redemption through writing and falling in love, Wilbur Smith tells us the intimate stories of his life that have been the raw material for his fiction.

An epic historical adventure set in Ancient Egypt from the New York Times bestselling legend Stephen King has called the ""best historical novelist."" One of the world’s bestselling authors, Wilbur Smith returns to Ancient Egypt in a breathtaking epic that conjures the magic, mystery, romance...

Rob Courtney ha trascorso tutta la vita in un tranquillo avamposto commerciale sulla costa orientale dell'Africa, sognando una vita avventurosa in mare. Quando suo nonno Jim Courtney muore e il misterioso Capitano Cornish fa visita al forte, Rob coglie l'occasione al volo e si imbarca clandestinamente sulla nave di Cornish diretta in Inghilterra. Ma una volta giunto a Londra, Rob si lascia sedurre dal fascino della capitale inglese e ben presto si ritrova disperato e senza un soldo.

When Ann Waite discovers a shipwreck in Algoa Bay she is stunned to find survivors: a scarred sailor and a little boy. As the man walks away into the distance alone, Ann is left to raise the young child, Harry, in place of the baby she tragically lost at sea. Disaster and hardship befall Ann and Harry, and desperation drives them into the path of the mysterious shipwrecked man once more. Ralph Courtney has recently escaped Robben Island with two fellow prisoners and is destined to seek his fortune at Nativity Bay, the fabled place about which his father told him stories.

Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as condemned dignitaries have their sentences carried out. Among them is the Comtesse de Bercheny, Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he know she must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. When Paul rescues a girl from attack the two form an allegiance, but with the world at war and traitors in every corner, just how far w ill Paul go to ensure his ow n survival?

Den irländsk-amerikanske tjuvjägaren Flynn Patrick O'Flynns jakt på elfenben har fört honom till djungeln i Tyska Östafrika. Kring Rufijiflodens delta har han även stött på sin ärkefiende. Det tyska befälet Herman Fleischer gör sitt bästa för att komma åt honom, men än så länge har O'Flynn lyckats hålla sig undan. Hans tur kan dock vara på väg att vända. Inte långt efter att O'Flynn tagit sig an den unge Sebastian Oldsmith som lärling, börjar världen att förändras.

1754. Theo og Constance Courtney er søskende, opvokset i Indien, og har været uadskillelige siden barnsben. Da deres forældre omkommer på tragisk vis, bliver de tvunget fra hinanden. Theo, der hjemsøges af skyldfølelse og ansvar for sin søster, er en enspænder, og han melder sig til den britiske hær i krigen mellem Frankrig og Storbritannien om kolonimagten i Nordamerika. I mellemtiden har Constance mistet al tro på det gode i mænd og brugt sin skønhed til at manipulere sig vej til Frankrig, hvor hun bliver en del af overklassen.

En framgångsrik, men sorgsen man. En orädd, passionerad kvinna. Naturfotografen Daniel och antropologen Kelly slår sig samman för att rädda en natur och ett folk de båda älskar. Deras gemensamma kamp tar dem från täta skogar och höga berg i södra Afrika till extravaganta miljöer i Taiwan och London. "Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page." - The Independent Wilbur Smith (f. 1933) är en sydafrikansk författare som skapat succéer som När lejonet äter och släktkrönikan om familjen Courtney.

Hui lever et fortryllet liv i Lahun. Som sin faders favorit og kommende hersker er hans skæbne fastlagt. Men bag den idylliske facade udspiller der sig et infamt magtspil og ondskaben lurer. Drevet af magtsyge og jalousi planlægger Huis stedmoder og bror at vælte den nuværende hersker og selv tilrane sig magten. Fordrevet fra sit hjem og uden nogen at søge hjælp hos, slutter Hui sig til en gruppe af fredløse soldater. Opsat på at tage hævn for sin faders død og at redde sin søster sværger Hui disse fjender af Egypten troskab.