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A Falcon Flies (The Ballantyne Novels, #1)

Reblogged from Bettie's Books:
A Falcon Flies - Wilbur Smith

 

 

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Read from February 29 to March 05, 2012

Unabridged.

 

 

 

Read by Jon Cartwright.

Duration 23:51

 

A saga of adventure and exploration, plotting the courage and determination of one woman amidst fierce and ruthless men.

 

 

The Ballantyne Novels chronicle the lives of the Ballantyne family, from the 1860s through the 1980s, against a background of the history of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).BALLANTYNECR - A Falcon Flies(1980)ANCIENT EGYPT4* - River God (1993)4* - The Seventh Scroll (1995)4* - Warlock (2001)3* - The Quest (2007)3* - The Diamond Hunters (1971)4* - The Sunbird (1972)3* - Golden Fox (1990)3* - Birds of Prey (1997)3* - Blue Horizon (2003)1* - Those in Peril (2011)