The Burning Shore
About this book
'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror LOVE IN A TIME OF WAR. HOPE IN A TIME OF CRISIS. One of the greatest fighter pilots of the Great War, Michael Courtney, is saved by the French noblewoman Centaine de Thiry when he crashes near her home. A wild love affair begins, but as the war still rages, tragedy strikes.Centaine is left on her own, heartbroken, homeless and pregnant with Michael's child. Desperate, she determines to travel across the ocean to join his family in South Africa. But no journey is ever simple, and Centaine finds herself shipwrecked off Africa's notorious Skeleton Coast, a deadly swim away from the sun-bleached desert that will see her left defenceless and alone. When hope arrives, she has no way of knowing if she will be saved -or left in greater danger than ever before . . . A Courtney Series adventure - Book 1 in The Burning Shore sequenceThe Burning Shore is the exceptional and inspiring first title in the second sequence of the Courtney family saga from Wilbur Smith, one of the best and most beloved authors of the century. Don't miss the next book, Power of the Sword, available now.
Reader Profile
3.7/5 · 14 readers · 636 pages · ≈ 11 h 47 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Burning Shore?
About ≈ 11 h 47 m — 636 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Burning Shore?
636 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Burning Shore?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is The Burning Shore in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Burning Shore?
Wilbur Smith (1933–1320).