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Extremely captivating I've spent nights unable to get off the Sereghetti, chasing bull elephants, and dancing around the campfire, with the chant of "just one more chapter" in the background Want to Read Currently Reading Read. The period is caught nicely in the beginning, but as I say, from the middle to end it seems kitsch and Hollywood. Works by Wilbur Smith. Hyperbolic characterizations aside, though, Assegai opens up a window on a time and place about which I know so little.

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She is, of course, a paragon of beauty, grace, intelligence, cunning, and athletic ability both in and out of bed. The characters were weak and unloveable, unhateable as well but then I couldn't muster up any emotions at all.

Cut the crap Wilbur, this is historical fiction not Marvel The prose was bland, no climax I assume the author included the last two pages as its peakand not much information narrated like Mr. On one hand, I was disgusted by the cruelty and stupidity of Western colonists hunting animals for pure fun maybe that's my sensitivity. Assegai is Wilbur Smith 's thirty-second novel, it follows The Triumph of the Sun in which the author brought the Courtney and Ballantyne series together.

Soon, he finds that with celebrity comes not just wealth--but also danger. Other books in the series. I couldn't quite lose myself in this book, but I know it was only due to the descript Leon Courtney is the protagonist in this Assegai, number thirteen in the Courtney family series.

During the period of the Nandi ResistanceLeon saves the life of Manyoro, one of his Maasai soldiers from asssegai Nandi ambush, for which he is adopted as a son by Manyoro's mother Lusima, a shaman among the Maasai with powers of divination.

Penrod arranges for him to be placed as apprentice to professional hunter Percy Phillips in order to allow Leon to spy on movements of man and machine in German East Africa, as he suspects the Kaiser of preparing for war. The skin scenes are kept to a minimum, but the action is hot! But I finished it,and passed it on quickly,with a disclaimer.

Glimpses of African tribal life and African history were indeed of interest,but the paternalism and obvious glorification of Britain rather intruded. Asinine would be more accurate Even so, I read th Wilbur took a Rest! It is not smitg a weapon but a symbol of bravery.

There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Among Leon and Percy's clients are Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit, a fifty-two-year-old dominatrix German princess, and a crooked and cowardly English lord, who later gets Percy killed while fleeing from a charging buffalo.

Otto tries to kill her, but is shot by Leon, who captures the rest of the crew and has Lusima's people hide the money aboard the Assegai in the mountains. Yes, hunting with big rifles was kind of cowardly even back then, but a big lion running at you is still a big lion running at you, whether you're armed with a rifle or not, and after you miss a couple of shots, my guess is your adrenaline kicks in have you seen the movie "The revenant"? Obviously well done by the master storyteller, however, this plays out too much like a Hollywood nazi-spy epic.

I liked the first two-thirds of the book, just not the last part wherein the Hero Falls In Love.

Although I will say, I really can't stand the thought of what colonialism has doneand those it has killed, so already I had that in the back of my mind the entire book. This fell in to my hands and I devoured it.

The Courtney Series: The Assegai Trilogy

Leon Courtney is the protagonist in this Assegai, number thirteen in the Courtney family series. Wilbur Smith tells a good tale and is a master at describing action. This tale moves effortlessly between history, geography, and character development, while staying true to the formula for literary success. Trivia About Assegai Courtney Jul 23, Erin rated it it was amazing. Leon had never Wilbur Smith has won acclaim worldwide as the master of the historical novel.

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After recovering from the battle at Manyoro and Lusima's village and returning to his base, Leon narrowly avoids being court-martialled by a vindictive superior officer, who accuses him of deserting his unit during the ambush, but he is cleared by Manyoro's testimony.

I did enjoy it in parts, but To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Leon and Eva - who reciprocates Leon's feelings - flee to Lusima's village in the mountains, where they consummate their love for one another.

It is and Leon Courtney, an ex-soldier turned professional hunter in British East Africa, guides the rich and powerful from America and Europe on big-game safaris.

This sparked my curiosity about these people, and I found out a little diamond on Youtube: It has 3 foot long razor sharp metal blade attached to a hardwood shaft Assegai is a consummate feast of a story that is rich in vivid description. Assegai took its sweet time to get going, building Leon's background, as a military man and hunting guide, so that we could understand his final phase or "form" in wilvur last act was important to the story but it was a bit too long for me.