This trilogy of novels traces the fortunes of twin brothers Sean and Garrick Courtney from the end of the 19th century to the early decades of the 20th and their different struggles to find their place in the land of South Africa at a time of war and of violent struggles within their own family.

Fortune D'afrique

Il a l'occasion de mesurer, fasciné, l'intrépidité d'un jeune soldat sud-africain, Mark Anders, qu'on a envoyé abattre un tireur d'élite allemand. Quelques années plus tard, à Durban, Sean retrouve Mark, qui devient rapidement son bras droit et remplace peu à peu dans son coeur Michael, son fils aîné, tué à la guerre. A son retour de France, Mark a découvert que son grand-père a été assassiné et sa vaste propriété accaparée par une mystérieuse société commerciale. Au cours de l'enquête qu'il entreprend, il échappe de justesse à deux tentatives de meurtre. Dont l'auteur semble bien n'être nul autre que Dirk Courtney, le fils maudit de Sean...

La Piste du chacal (Courtney #3)

It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. But Leon had not bargained for falling passionately in love with Eva, the Count's beautiful and enigmatic mistress.

ASSEGAI

Hector Cross, ancien membre des forces spéciales britanniques, part pour une mission toute personnelle : venger sa femme, Hazel, mortellement blessée par deux mercenaires alors qu'elle était enceinte, elle a donné naissance à une fille avant de rendre son dernier souffle. Après de nombreuses fausses pistes, Hector comprend que l'homme qui a commandité ce meurtre n'est autre que le fils du premier mari d'Hazel, afin d'être le seul à hériter les millions de son père. La fille de Cross est en danger.

Cercle vicieux

For 4,000 years, the lavish crypt of the Pharaoh Mamose has never been found...until the Seventh Scroll, a cryptic message written by he slave Taita, gives beautiful Egyptologist Royan Al Simma a tantalizing clue to its location.But this is a treasure cache others would kill to possess. Only one step ahead of assassins, Royan runs for her life and into the arms of the only man she can trust, Sir Nicholas Quenton-Harper-a daring man who will stake his fortune and his life to join her hunt for the king's tomb. Together, they will embark on a breathtaking journey to the most exotic locale on earth, where the greatest mystery of ancient Egypt, a chilling danger and an explosive passion are waiting.Steeped in ancient mystery, drama and action, The Seventh Scroll is a masterpiece from a storyteller at the height of his powers.

Le Septième Papyrus

For Tanus, the fair-haired young lion of a warrior, the gods have decreed that he will lead Egypt's army in a bold attempt to reunite the Kingdom's shared halves. But Tanus will have to defy the same gods to attain the reward they have forbidden him, an object more prized than battle's glory: possession of the Lady Lostris, a rare beauty with skin the color of oiled ceder--destined for the adoration of a nation, and the love of one extraordinary man.

Le Dieu Fleuve

Dr. Ben Kazin is a brilliant archeologist. Louren Sturvesant is rich, impulsive, and physically imposing, everything Ben is not. Now, the two men--friends, competitors and partner--are searching for the legendary lost city of Opet, built by an Egyptian culture that reached Africa two thousand years ago, then vanished completely.For Ben, the expedition is a chance to prove a controversial thesis. For Louren, it is a chance to spend milions--and make it all back in gold and glory. But what awaits them is an astounding discovery, a seige of terror, and an act of betrayal that will tear the two men apart and bind them together forever...Hidden beneath water, jungle, and blood-red cliffs is a lost world where two men and a beautiful woman were caught in a furious battle of passions two thousands years ago, but which has begun once again....

L'oiseau De Soleil

From the glittering temples of Luxor to the Citadel of Sparta, PHARAOH is an intense and powerful novel magnificently transporting you to a time of threat, blood and glory. Master storyteller, Wilbur Smith, is at the very peak of his powers.

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