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The Triumph of the Sun
- Courtney & Ballantyne, Book 12
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Menace emanated from them as fiercely as the heat from the sun. Night and day, the drums never stopped, a constant reminder of the mortal threat that hung over them. She could hear them booming across the waters, like the heartbeat of the monster.
An unimaginable enemy will bring them together....
In the burning heat of the Sudanese sun, the city of Khartoum is under siege from the fearsome forces of the Mahdi, the charismatic leader of those who tire of the brutal Egyptian government. In Khartoum, along with thousands of innocent citizens, are trapped the fanatical General Charles Gordon, intrepid soldier Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars, English trader Ryder Courtney and the British consul and his three beautiful daughters.
As rescue becomes increasingly unlikely, this group of Queen Victoria's loyal citizens must unite to prepare themselves against a nightmarish enemy, and for the savage battle to survive that must surely follow....
The Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in a sweeping adventure.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-07-2019
Another of Wilbur Smith's Great books.
A wonderful book that was hard to put down. Wilbur Smith at his usual best!
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- Gregory Baker
- 10-11-2022
great read once again
loved this book and the narration made the story come alive thank you cant wait forthe next book
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- Sharon F
- 27-03-2023
Great story
Great story as to be expected but I have to agree with some reviewers this narrator lacks his predecessor’s skill with pronunciation and timbre. Because of this I struggled to differentiate most of the Arab character’s names and personalities..
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- MasterDownUnder
- 28-08-2020
Very good indeed!
I am working my way through the Courtney series in chronological order and this is very different to the regular ones.
the regular Courtney series are read by Sean Barrett, with the southern African accent work well, especially given they are set in Africa. However, this one was read by Elliot Chapman, a British accented narrator, and this works extremely well too, given the largely English type characters.
his Arab voices work well too and it is one of the best in the series so far!
thoroughly enjoyed and recommend to anyone doing the same 👌😎🤠
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- Kim Casey
- 05-08-2021
W S in Arab Africa
Took a long time to get going and Arab names were hard to follow. I prefer W S in southern Africa. Maybe just me
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- Carole Thurlow
- 25-11-2021
One of my favourite subject sites, North Africa.
I love these stories, the characters have great depth, for either good or evil. The settings are historically wonderful, romantic, tragic, very real and grab your attention. The wild life is described beautifully and are so easy to see in your minds eye. A great read.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-04-2022
One of the greats
loved it great story line, but the presenter made mistakes in some of his pronunciation of names
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- Adele Barkhuizen
- 28-12-2023
Captivating!
It is a really good story, I could not stop listening. It was narrated very well.
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- HR
- 09-06-2020
Like Snow White Reading a Stephen King Novel 😣
I have never struggled so much with a book in all my life! The narrator, who is probably a great guy, was without a doubt the WORST person in the world to read a Wilbur Smith book. It was seriously like Snow White reading a Stephen King novel. Please, please just stick to Sean as narrator Wilbur. 🙏
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- Anonymous User
- 01-10-2024
Couldn't follow or finish
Been listening to all the Wilbur Smiths in chronological order. Change of narrator totally threw me . couldn't follow the story or characters.
Gave up half way through.
He's a great narrator , but not for this series.
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