The Angels Weep
The Ballantyne Series 3
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4.4 • 33 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
BOOK 3 IN THE BALLANTYNE SERIES, BY INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH
'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King
'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times
'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times
'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror
TWO FAMILIES. TWO COUNTRIES. ONE CONFLICT.
Like his father Zouga, Ralph Ballantyne dreams of making his fortune from the rich lands of Africa. But the tribes that they - and men like them - previously exploited are rising up, and will no longer submit quietly to the greed and mindless destruction of these Colonial trespassers.
A hundred years later, the last Ballantyne, Craig Mellow, lives in the newly named Zimbabwe. The battle for Africa still rages, and for Craig there is a terrible price to pay for the actions of his ancestors . . .
A sweeping epic that explores over a century of Africa's history under colonialist rule from the late nineteenth century, The Angels Weep is a moving and exciting novel that was an instant bestseller on publication (1982).
The third book in the epic Ballantyne Series.
Book 4 in the Ballantyne series and the stunning conclusion to the story of the Ballantynes, The Leopard Hunts in Darkness, is available now.
Customer Reviews
Incredible story
Two books for the price of one, two stories combined over a century, beautifully written. Don’t get too attached to any of the characters, by far the most violent of Smith’s books so far that I’ve read, brilliant though.
Brilliant!
Another awesome book by Wilbur Smith. So exciting and spell binding. I could not put it down. A sad but happy ending, if there is such a thing!
The Angels Weep
Quite often there is poor grammar, as well as punctuation and spelling errors that belie the excellent writing skills of Wilbur Smith (eg. p480 ‘bum’ in ‘Men of Men’). I would suggest a review of the people used to transpose hard copy to a digital format.