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The angels weep / Wilbur Smith.

by Smith, Wilbur A

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South Africa -- History -- 1836-1909 -- Fiction.

Zimbabwe -- History -- Fiction.

Smith, Wilbur A. Ballantyne novels 3.

9781499860603 (trade pbk.)

1st Zaffre Publishing ed.

615 p. ; 21 cm.

"Originally published in Great Britain 1982 by William Heinemann Ltd. First published in the United States of America 2006 by St. Martin's Paperback."--T.p. verso.

"Ralph Ballantyne is following in his father Zouga's footsteps, as a hunter, gold prospector and promoter of British colonialism in Africa. But the tribes that they--and men like them--have previously exploited or butchered in the name of civilisation are rising up, and will no longer submit quietly to the greed and mindless destruction of the trespassers. Over a hundred years later, Ralph's descendants are still in Africa, in the newly named Zimbabwe, and the battles have not yet ended. In fact, for Craig Mellow, the last Ballantyne, there is still a terrible price to pay for the actions of his ancestors ..."--Publisher.

Historical fiction.

Adventure fiction.

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