War cry : a Courtney family novel / Wilbur Smith and David Churchill.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062276490
- Physical Description: 496 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
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- 32 of 35 copies available at Sitka.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Fraser Lake Public Library. (Show preferred library)
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Fraser Lake Public Library | AFHC HIS SMI (Text) | 35195000267978 | Main Floor - Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Alert Bay Public Library | AF SMI (Text) | 35125000122642 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Boissevain-Morton Library | F/Smith (Text) | 36266000285333 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Bren Del Win Centennial Library | F Smith (Text) | 36320000319657 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Burns Lake Public Library | AF SMI (Text) | 35198000617572 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Castlegar Public Library | FIC SMI (Text) | 35146002021640 | Fiction | Not holdable | Lost | 2023-09-02 |
Chetwynd Public Library | FIC SMI (Text) | 35222000968106 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F SMI (Text) | DCL158035 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Elkford Public Library | FC SMI (Text) | 35170000415257 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fernie Heritage Library | FIC SMI (Text) | 35136000511973 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
With his headstrong daughter Saffron pursuing her education in London at Oxford, Leon Courtney navigates the politics of colonial Kenya. - Baker & Taylor
A sequel toAssegai is set in Africa between World Wars I and II and finds widower Leon Courtney navigating murky political waters while his headstrong daughter, Saffron, travels to culturally contrasting London to attend Oxford. 100,000 first printing. - HARPERCOLL
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 II.
As a member of the remarkable Courtney family, Leon Courtney knows how quickly fortunes can be won and lost. Over the course of more than two centuries, generations of his family have risen and fallen with the tides of history. Leon, too, has experienced his own share of triumph and pain. In the wake of his beloved wife's death, the renowned big-game hunter is raising his young daughter, Saffron, alone in colonial Kenya.
In the 1920s, the continent of Africa is a dangerous place. As Leon attempts to navigate the murky political waters of this most exquisitely beautiful and wildest of lands, his daughter grows into an independent and headstrong young woman bound for a far different life in Britain, as a student at Oxford.
But over the course of more than two decades, spies, traitors, and adventurers will dog their every step. As the fitful years of peace lead to the outbreak of the Second World War'involving Africa once more'Leon and Saffron must fight for their survival . . . and that of their illustrious family.
Wilbur Smith masterfully captures the tensions that will spark a war across continents'and the uncertainty and hopes of a father and daughter caught in its grips'in this engrossing novel that delivers the fast-paced action and vivid history that have made him a living legend.
- HARPERCOLL
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 II.
As a member of the remarkable Courtney family, Leon Courtney knows how quickly fortunes can be won and lost. Over the course of more than two centuries, generations of his family have risen and fallen with the tides of history. Leon, too, has experienced his own share of triumph and pain. In the wake of his beloved wife’s death, the renowned big-game hunter is raising his young daughter, Saffron, alone in colonial Kenya.
In the 1920s, the continent of Africa is a dangerous place. As Leon attempts to navigate the murky political waters of this most exquisitely beautiful and wildest of lands, his daughter grows into an independent and headstrong young woman bound for a far different life in Britain, as a student at Oxford.
But over the course of more than two decades, spies, traitors, and adventurers will dog their every step. As the fitful years of peace lead to the outbreak of the Second World War—involving Africa once more—Leon and Saffron must fight for their survival . . . and that of their illustrious family.
Wilbur Smith masterfully captures the tensions that will spark a war across continents—and the uncertainty and hopes of a father and daughter caught in its grips—in this engrossing novel that delivers the fast-paced action and vivid history that have made him a living legend.