BOOK 1 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 A DISHONOURABLE MAN. AN HONOURABLE MISSION. Dr
Robyn Ballantyne has always worked hard for what she wants. Following
in the footsteps of their father she and her brother, the celebrated
soldier Zouga Ballantyne, depart England on an expedition to Africa,
the land of their birth. Robyn is determined to bring an end to slave
trading, while Zouga is certain that Africa will be the land that
makes him, and determines to make his fortune there, whatever the
cost. Manning the expedition is the notorious American merchant, Mungo
St John. Robyn is deeply attracted to St John but is horrified to
discover that he is a slave-trader, and that she is unwittingly
travelling on a slave ship. Also vying for her love is the fanatical
anti-slavery naval captain, Clinton Codrington. Kind and respectable,
Codrington is deeply in love with Robyn, but despite herself she
cannot return his feelings. As Robyn finds herself torn between the
two men, she is forced to make a decision that will change her life
forever, and which will shape the future for them all. The first book
in the first sequence of the epic Ballantyne series Book 2 in the
Ballantyne series, Men of Men, is available now.
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9781785765704
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2017
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