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    <body><![CDATA[The story is set in the 1800 where the main characters are out to stake their claim in southern Africa. They are traveling along infamous roads which take them through the untouched wilderness, a beautiful land filled with warring tribes and wild animals. At the heart of the story is love, hatred, v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45232824">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[audio book-people who are doing mindless stuff with their hands and can listen to trite events which somehow seem exciting and interesting with history thrown in.<br/><br/>These WS books are guilty pleasure.  I enjoy them a lot, especially when I am doing boring tasks anc can listen, but I am full...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7527934">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure how this book landed on my list of books to read as I was not familiar with the author or the title, but I ordered it up from my local library on CD and from the first disc I was hooked.  I was spellbound by this explosive adventure story with its multiple plots filled with intrigue, tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51435712">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the fast paced world of the Courtney brothers life is never dull. Wilbur Smith once again exhibits his seamless ability to run multiple story lines in parallel, building suspense and without ever loosing one. A desire to find out what happens next continues to drive one deeper and deeper into the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65799172">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have not read any other of Wilber Smith's Courtney family South Africa novels.  Even though this was not the first in the series it stood alone very well.  I liked reading about how life was for the early settlers of South Africa and how different the political structure and daily life was at the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78602609">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quite simply a larger-than-life adventure plot that starts out with a rescue at sea, then follows into a fugitive story with a revenge plot thrown into the chase, and ends with the most breathtaking finale that is told from four different perspectives and lasted more than 60 pages in hardcover!<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65808737">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a phenomenal story during the early history of South Africa when it was a Dutch Colony.  It has all the elements for a good story.  I'm surprised it's not a movie. This book clearly comes from a male approach to life and it may be offensive to the present day feminist perspective.  The autho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47969638">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very interesting plot with what looks like very researched data, I haven't been to Africa myself but the writer seems to be very accurate in his lovely descriptions; Wilbur Smith has this extremely detailed way of presenting the environment and adventure that really takes you there and you enjoy e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30991909">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Listened to this on CD.  Great adventure story...I guess it's a sequel or part of a series, but it stands alone pretty well.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the many hand-me-down books I have to read. And adventure book is not one I would chose on my own. That said, I found it hard to put the book down. I must confess that I was drawn in to the stories. Bushmen Xhia and Bakkat provided the comic relief in the story. There appeared to be f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34873248">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lots of adventure and conflict in this big sprawling tale of more of the Courtney Family set in Africa during the 18th century.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[if you read this also read &quot;Monsoon&quot; and visa versa.  excellent read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was very entertained. There were so many different story lines, but each one of them was interesting and they all managed to come together. Poor Dorian..always getting hurt...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good swashbuckling story about two families that are sworen enemies starting new lives in Africa.  The story follows the families through half a generation.  I really liked the story, a lot, but...be forewarned...there is, as I recall, ALOT of sex in the book.  Or maybe it just seemed that way to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24912271">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is incredible!!  Wilbur Smith is an amazing visionary with such a great talent for painting imagery with words!  You really feel like you come to know each of the characters, and before you know it, you ARE where they are...  I HIGHLY recommend this book to everyone!  You won't regret it.]]></body>
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