Golden Lion - Smith, Wilbur
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East African Coast, 1670. In a time of brave and brutal adventure, one man will journey across land and sea to pursue his greatest enemy The Golden Bough, captained by Henry Hal Courtney, is running south from Ethiopia to Zanzibar. Below deck, both his crew and his lover, the fearless warrior Judith Nazet, sleep. As the moon glints through clouds, Hal sights a ship passing close by. Although there is an uneasy truce between the warring English and Dutch, Hal scents danger. When the Bough is boarded, the crew must go hand to hand to defend their ship and their lives. But soon Hal will face even…mehr

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East African Coast, 1670. In a time of brave and brutal adventure, one man will journey across land and sea to pursue his greatest enemy The Golden Bough, captained by Henry Hal Courtney, is running south from Ethiopia to Zanzibar. Below deck, both his crew and his lover, the fearless warrior Judith Nazet, sleep. As the moon glints through clouds, Hal sights a ship passing close by. Although there is an uneasy truce between the warring English and Dutch, Hal scents danger. When the Bough is boarded, the crew must go hand to hand to defend their ship and their lives. But soon Hal will face even graver danger, as he discovers his mortal enemy still lives and is hell-bent on revenge. he must pursue his nemesis across desert savannah, through the seedy underbelly of Zanzibars slave markets and shark-infested waters, imperilling his own life at every turn. But it will take more than a slaves shackles to hold Hal CourtneyA thrilling blend of extraordinary drama and epic storytelling, Golden Lion sees Wilbur Smith return in triumphant form to the adventures of his beloved and bestselling Courtney family.
Autorenporträt
Wilbur Smith, Jg. 1933, widmet sich seit 1964 ganz dem Schriftstellerberuf und hat bisher knapp 30 Romane veröffentlicht, von denen jeder einzelne auf Expeditionen recheriert und zu einem überwältigenden Erfolg wurde. Wilbur Smith lebt mit seiner Frau abwechselnd in Kapstadt, auf einer Farm im Landesinneren von Südafrika, auf den Seychellen und im Herzen von London. Seine Bücher, die eine Weltauflage von über 70 Millionen Exemplaren erreicht haben, sind in 26 Sprachen übersetzt und zum Teil verfilmt worden.