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Power of the Sword
Power of the Sword
Author: Wilbur Smith
In the harsh and beautiful land of South Africa, races clash in an unequal struggle for justice that divides a family and inflames a whole continent. Manfred De La Rey, hard and lean as a desert lion, allows a blind, raging anger to catapult him to a dangerous success. While Shasa Courtney, his brother, strives to give meaning to his country's u...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780449214145
ISBN-10: 0449214141
Publication Date: 9/12/1987
Pages: 672
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  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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craftybill avatar reviewed Power of the Sword on + 3 more book reviews
I've never read a Wilbur Smith I didn't like but this book doesn't seem to be as spellbinding as many of his others. Even so, I'd still highly reccommend it.
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Another Shasa Courtney and Manfred De La Rey saga in South Africa.
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Shasa Courtney and Manfred De L Rey - the sons of Centaine de Thiry - were blood enemies from their first boyhood encounter. Caught up in the tumult of South Africa's history through two decades, they found themselves adversaries in a war of age-old savagery to sieze the sword of power in their land. Sweeping from the teeming goldfields of the Highveld to the secret citadels of Afrikaner power, from the clamouring stadiums of Hitler's Berlin Olympics to the raging air war over Abyssinia, this is a rich, thrilling adventure, an epic saga of rivalry and revenge, of winners and losers in a struggle where only the ruthless survive.
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They were half-brothers, raised in different worlds in the same country, and destined to be lifelong enemies


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