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It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter Leon Courtney is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. One of his clients German industrialist Count Otto von Meerbach has a company which builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser's burgeoning army. But Leon had not bargained for falling passionately in love with Eva the Count's beautiful and enigmatic mistress. Just prior to the outbreak of World War I Leon is recruited by his uncle Penrod Ballantyne Commander of the British Forces in East Africa to gather information from von Meerbach. He stumbles on a plot against the British involving the disenchanted survivors of the Boer War but it is only when Eva and von Meerbach return to Africa that Leon finds out who and what is really behind the conspiracy. 'A Rider Haggard for our times' - "Financial Times".Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    In 1913, ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. Leon finds himself passionately falling in love with his client Count Otto von Meerbach's beautful mistress, Eva. Prior to the outbreak of World War I, Leon is recruited by his uncle, a commander of the British forces, to gather information from von Meerbach. He stumbles upon a plot against the British involving the disenchanted survivors of the Boer War, but it is only when Eva and von Meerbach return to Africa that Leon finds out who and what is really behind the conspiracy. Assegai is a highly entertaining historical novel from Wilbur Smith.

  • ASDA

    It is 1913 Leon Courtney is in British East Africa guiding rich men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. One of his clients is German industrialist Count Otto von Meerbach. But Leon had not bargained for falling passionately in love with Eva the Count's beautiful and enigmatic mistress.

  • Blackwell

    The number one International bestseller It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories.

  • 0330452479
  • 9780330452472
  • Wilbur Smith
  • 7 May 2010
  • Pan
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 672
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