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In the Sudan, the brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a religious leader, The Madhi or 'Expected One'. Against a bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum, in which British General Charles George Gordon is killed and the British retreat, only three men fight to survive.Read More

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    In the Sudan decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader The Madhi or "Expected One". The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the country. Along with hundreds of others British trader and businessman Ryder Courtney is trapped in the capital city of Khartoum. It is here that he meets Captain Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars as well as the British Consul David Benbrook and his three beautiful daughters. Against the vivid and bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum in which British General Charles George Gordon is killed and the British retreat these three powerful men fight to survive. 'A fine storyteller..."Triumph of the Sun" is one of his very best' - "Daily Mail".

  • TheBookPeople

    In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, The Madhi or Expected One. The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the country. Along with hundreds of others, British trader and businessman, Ryder Courtney is trapped in the capital city of Khartoum. It is here that he meets Captain Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars, as well as the British Consul, David Benbrook and his three beautiful daughters. Against the vivid and bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum, in which British General Charles George Gordon is killed and the British retreat, these three powerful men fight to survive. 'A fine storyteller...Triumph of the Sun is one of his very best' - Daily Mail.

  • Blackwell

    1884 and in Khartoum, on the banks of the Nile, the Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in this epic adventure from one of the world's most celebrated novelists In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo...

  • BookDepository

    The Triumph of the Sun : Paperback : Pan Macmillan : 9780330412650 : : 23 Mar 2006 : 1884 and in Khartoum, on the banks of the Nile, the Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in this epic adventure from one of the world's most celebrated novelists

  • ASDA

    1884 and in Khartoum on the banks of the Nile the Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in this epic adventure from one of the world's most celebrated novelists

  • 0330412655
  • 9780330412650
  • Wilbur Smith
  • 23 March 2006
  • Pan
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 640
  • Disk @ Printer -Inner printing
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