The Triumph Of The Sun: A Novel Of African Adventure (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed., 1st impr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
A sweeping historical adventure novel, The Triumph of the Sun chronicles the harrowing Siege of Khartoum in 1884–1885, where General Charles Gordon and a beleaguered garrison faced the overwhelming forces of the Mahdi's fanatical army in the scorching Sudanese desert. Wilbur Smith masterfully weaves together the fates of multiple characters — soldiers, explorers, and lovers — whose lives collide against the backdrop of one of the British Empire's most dramatic and tragic military episodes. Written with Smith's signature pulse-pounding momentum, the narrative balances visceral battlefield action with richly drawn personal drama, immersing readers in the sights, sounds, and brutal heat of nineteenth-century Africa. The novel illustrates the courage, sacrifice, and moral complexity of those caught between imperial ambition and the fierce tide of revolution, delivering the kind of grand, cinematic storytelling for which Smith is celebrated worldwide.
Author: Wilbur Smith
Format: Hardback
Published: 2005, Macmillan
Genre: Adventure fiction
Edition: 1st ed., 1st impr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
A sweeping historical adventure novel, The Triumph of the Sun chronicles the harrowing Siege of Khartoum in 1884–1885, where General Charles Gordon and a beleaguered garrison faced the overwhelming forces of the Mahdi's fanatical army in the scorching Sudanese desert. Wilbur Smith masterfully weaves together the fates of multiple characters — soldiers, explorers, and lovers — whose lives collide against the backdrop of one of the British Empire's most dramatic and tragic military episodes. Written with Smith's signature pulse-pounding momentum, the narrative balances visceral battlefield action with richly drawn personal drama, immersing readers in the sights, sounds, and brutal heat of nineteenth-century Africa. The novel illustrates the courage, sacrifice, and moral complexity of those caught between imperial ambition and the fierce tide of revolution, delivering the kind of grand, cinematic storytelling for which Smith is celebrated worldwide.