The Angels Weep - Softcover

Smith, Wilbur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330280104 ISBN 13: 9780330280105

Publisher: Pan Macmillan, 1997

Synopsis

Raw experience, grim realism, history and romance welded with mystery and the bewilderment of life itself' Library Journal They came at a run, side by side, seeming to wade through the thick swamp of mortar smoke and dust, and they appeared monstrous and inhuman in the stark light of the star shells. One of them was a huge Matabele. He had lost his helmet and his head was round and black as a cannon ball, his open mouth was a pink cave lined with ivory teeth, and his bull bellow rose above even that storm of gunfire. The other was a white man, the top of his battledress torn half off his body, exposing the pale flesh of his chest and shoulders, but his face was daubed with fiendish streaks of dark green and brown paint.' At the dawn of a new century, the pioneers of Rhodesia have staked their claims and stocked their farms in the land they have carved as their own. But in the hills, the Matabele indunas are preparing for the bloody rebellion which will scar the opponents for ever - and etch for them the same tragic legacy for generations to come...

About this title

From the Publisher:

These audiobooks from Macmillan UK offer abridged readings of some of the world¹s most popular authors. Handsomely packaged, they feature readings by eminent actors of the stage and screen, including James Fox, Martin Shaw, Tim Pigott-Smith, and David Rintoul.

From the Back Cover:

With THE ANGELS WEEP, bestselling author Wilbur Smith captures the agony, beauty, and hope of men and women who gave their lives to a land...

AFRICA LURED THE LUST IN MEN'S HEARTS...
On a continent of breathtaking beauty and bitter suffering, two vastly different cultures clashed, mingled, and recoiled. Here, amidst mist-shrouded mountains and gold-studded plateaus, ancient tribesmen lived close to the earth, as white men dug fortunes out from beneath them and laid plans for a new civilization.

THE VIOLENCE IN THEIR SOULS...
Out of Southern Africa the enigmatic Cecil Rhodes built an empire in the late 1800s and attracted the brightest and bravest of a generation―including a remarkable far-flung family named Ballantyne. But for the natives, another day was dawning: a day of retribution...

AND THEIR APPETITE FOR REVENGE.
From a courageous woman doctor to a fierce, one-eyed slave trader turned soldier, the whites of Africa were buffeted by two horrific waves of war. And just when a bloody peace seemed possible, the seeds of future turmoil were sown ...


"An epic...Smith joins the ranks of one of the grand masters of twentieth-century novels."
―Tulsa World

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0330280104
• ISBN 13: 9780330280105
• Binding: Paperback