About this title: 'Centaine screamed and drove the point of her stave down into the jaws with all her strength. She felt the sharpened end bite into the soft pink mucous membrane in the back of its throat, saw the spurt of scarlet blood, and then the lion locked its jaws on the stave and with a toss of its flying mane ripped it out of her hands and sent it windmilling out and down to hit the earth below.' The passionate love of a beautiful French aristocrat for a courageous South African aviator is begun and extinguished in the blazing skies of war-torn France. But Centaine de Thiry is bent on realizing some ...
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Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780330292276ISBN:0330292277
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Date Published: 1998
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Date Published: 1998
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Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780330292276ISBN:0330292277
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Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1998
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Date Published: 1998
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780434714162ISBN:043471416X
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Date Published: 1998
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"Sometimes, a good novel doesn't know when to stop. Gone With the Wind comes to mind, as Scarlett is crying for Rhett's departure and the reader is gnashing her teeth wondering what will happen when Scarlett "thinks about it tomorrow."
Though The Burning Shores, by Wilbur Smith, isn't in the same category as Margaret Mitchell's classic, the book ends abruptly, leaving enchanted readers eager for a sequel. Fortunately, Smith wrote almost a dozen novels on the African exploits of the same family that the protagonist married into, and so one can hope to find a continuation of her fascinating story in another novel.
Centaine is a young Frenchwoman caught up in the horror of World War I. She nearly marries and has a son by a deceased airman of South African descent and after her home is destroyed goes to Africa to present her unborn child to his father's family. However, on the way there her ship sinks and she is left to the mercy of the West African desert. After many adventures she is discovered by a white search party and taken back to her family. And here the book could end. But there is another hundred pages describing Centaine's return and subsequent activities. At the end of these pages the reader is left wondering what will happen next in the grand drama of Centaine's life.
The Burning Shores is a drama of monumental scale. Set against the sweeping backdrop of Africa, this book takes on a saga-like quality. The heroine rises above near inhuman challenges and comes out not only alive, but successful. While it is improbable that any one person would be miraculously snatched from the jaws of death not once, but twice, the reader still finder herself cheering Centaine along and hoping for the best for her and her child.
If one has the time and the inclination, I would recommend acquiring all the Courtney novels of Wilbur Smith, finding a comfortable chair and losing oneself in their world for a month or two. And while there are no pretensions of The Burning Shore and subsequent novels being scholarly works, one might also learn a thing or two about African life and history."
"This is one of Wilbur Smith's that totally transfixed me. The Heroine her life with the pygmys a wonderful story, exciting, sad and full of adventure. Wonderful!"
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