Wilbur Smith - The Angels Weep (Ballantyne Series, Book 3)
Wilbur Smith - The Angels Weep (Ballantyne Series, Book 3)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press | ISBN: 0312940734 | 2006 | EPUB/MOBI | 627 pages | 557 KB/903 KB
On a continent of breathtaking beauty and bitter suffering, two vastly different cultures clashed, mingled, and recoiled. Here, amidst mist-shrouded mountains and gold-studded plateaus, ancient tribesmen lived close to the earth, as white men dug fortunes out from beneath them and laid plans for a new civilization.
Out of Southern Africa the enigmatic Cecil Rhodes built an empire in the late 1800s and attracted the brightest and bravest of a generation–including a remarkable far-flung family named Ballantyne. But for the natives, another day was dawning: a day of retribution…
From a courageous woman doctor to a fierce, one-eyed slave trader turned soldier, the whites of Africa were buffeted by two horrific waves of war. And just when a bloody peace seemed possible, the seeds of future turmoil were sown …