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Author : Alfred Wilks Drayson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Diamond Hunters of South Africa written by Alfred Wilks Drayson and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wilbur Smith
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1785765914
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Diamond Hunters written by Wilbur Smith and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-packed thriller of family, business and betrayal - perfect for fans of Succession - by global sensation Wilbur Smith. '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 Some people will never have enough . . . Johnny Lance was taken in by the Van Der Byls when he was an orphaned boy, and his life has been dedicated to making his adoptive father proud. But his efforts have been in vain, his father loathes him and, in his dying breath, makes one final demand of his biological son, the jealous and vengeful Benedict: to destroy his half-brother. When Johnny is tricked by Benedict into losing his entire fortune to the Van Der Byls company, he becomes a laughingstock. Benedict's sister, the smart and beautiful Tracey, loves Johnny and buys him a concession in the diamond rich seabeds of the South-West African Coast. But the obsessive Benedict has been shaped at his father's hand and will do anything to finish what he started. Even if it means destroying everything . . .
Author : Wilbur Smith
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1429957719
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Diamond Hunters written by Wilbur Smith and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2005-11-29 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, daughter Tracey and estranged foster-child Johnny Lance, turns out to be a bequest not of love, but of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer Benedict an instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival. 'Destroy Johnny' was the old man's implacable message to his son, and, obsessively jealous of his foster-brother, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goal. In a desperate bid to support Johnny, Tracey acquires for him the concession in the diamond-rich seabed round the coral islands of Thunderbolt and Suicide off the savage South West African coast, and Johnny throws all his resources into the construction of a vessel that will recover the stones from the ocean floor and repair his fortune at last. But Benedict, already involved in illegal diamond-dealing as a sideline, seizes this chance to attack his rival and, with a network of accomplices and some ingenious electronic tampering, plots to syphon off the diamonds. Johnny will not only be ruined by his liabilities, he will also be a laughing stock. However, Benedict's obsessive jealousy is his undoing. He cannot resist stripping his rival of his beautiful but bitchy wife Ruby as well, and when he then discards her, she takes her revenge, precipitating a climax of murder and destruction that consumes Benedict at last. Narrated with Wilbur Smith's irresistible driving thrust, The Diamond Hunters is a tale of brotherly hatred, redeemed only by the deepening love between Johnny and Tracey. It is set in London, Cape Town, on the thunderous seas around the ocean diamond fields and ends in a final confrontation between Johnny and Benedict in the blistering hyena-infested desert.
Author : Fiona McIntosh
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473585082
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Diamond Hunter written by Fiona McIntosh and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1870s diamond rush in southern Africa, Clementine is left to be raised by her destitute father following the death of her mother. Her care falls largely to their companion, Joseph, and the two form an unbreakable bond. When the two men uncover a large, flawless diamond, a dark bargain is struck to ensure Clementine's return to a respectable life in northern England. Her father believes he has finally secured their future, but the discovery of the gem comes at a considerable cost. Years later, Clementine must confront long-buried memories of her childhood to solve the mystery of what happened to her loved ones all those years ago. Can she find the justice she seeks?
Author : Wilbur A. Smith
Publisher : Pan
ISBN 13 : 9780330233804
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Diamond Hunters written by Wilbur A. Smith and published by Pan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The jet was a solid eighteen-inch column, a pillar of brown mud and yellow gravel and sea water that beat against the steel plates of the hull with a hollow drumming roar. In the few seconds since the explosion the cyclone was already half-filled with a slimy shifting porridge that rushed from wall to wall with the movement of the ship. It was like some monstrous jellyfish which each second gathered weight and strength. The Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, turns out to be a bequest of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer him the instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival. Destroy Johnny is the old mans implacable message. And so, consumed with envy for his own foster-brother, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goaland Johnny is plunged into a maelstrom of greed, vengeance and murder...
Author : Matthew Gavin Frank
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631496034
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)
Download or read book Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa written by Matthew Gavin Frank and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Unforgettable. . . . An outstanding adventure in its lyrical, utterly compelling, and heartbreaking investigations of the world of diamond smuggling.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil For nearly eighty years, a huge portion of coastal South Africa was closed off to the public. With many of its pits now deemed “overmined” and abandoned, American journalist Matthew Gavin Frank sets out across the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade that supplies a global market. Immediately, he became intrigued by the ingenious methods used in facilitating smuggling particularly, the illegal act of sneaking carrier pigeons onto mine property, affixing diamonds to their feet, and sending them into the air. Entering Die Sperrgebiet (“The Forbidden Zone”) is like entering an eerie ghost town, but Frank is surprised by the number of people willing—even eager—to talk with him. Soon he meets Msizi, a young diamond digger, and his pigeon, Bartholomew, who helps him steal diamonds. It’s a deadly game: pigeons are shot on sight by mine security, and Msizi knows of smugglers who have disappeared because of their crimes. For this, Msizi blames “Mr. Lester,” an evil tall-tale figure of mythic proportions. From the mining towns of Alexander Bay and Port Nolloth, through the “halfway” desert, to Kleinzee’s shores littered with shipwrecks, Frank investigates a long overlooked story. Weaving interviews with local diamond miners who raise pigeons in secret with harrowing anecdotes from former heads of security, environmental managers, and vigilante pigeon hunters, Frank reveals how these feathered bandits became outlaws in every mining town. Interwoven throughout this obsessive quest are epic legends in which pigeons and diamonds intersect, such as that of Krishna’s famed diamond Koh-i-Noor, the Mountain of Light, and that of the Cherokee serpent Uktena. In these strange connections, where truth forever tangles with the lore of centuries past, Frank is able to contextualize the personal grief that sent him, with his wife Louisa in the passenger seat, on this enlightening journey across parched lands. Blending elements of reportage, memoir, and incantation, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers is a rare and remarkable portrait of exploitation and greed in one of the most dangerous areas of coastal South Africa. With his sovereign prose and insatiable curiosity, Matthew Gavin Frank “reminds us that the world is a place of wonder if only we look” (Toby Muse).
Author : Wilbur A. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Diamond Hunters written by Wilbur A. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Cape Town to London, from the burning sandstorms of South African deserts to the icy wastes of the South Atlantic, two men battle for supremacy in the Vanderbyl Diamond Company.
Author : Frederick Courteney Selous
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304708136
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa written by Frederick Courteney Selous and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative of nine years spent amongst the game of the far interior of South Africa containing accounts of explorations beyond the Zambesi, on the river Chobe, and in the Matabele and Mashuna countries, with full notes upon the natural history and present distribution of all the large mammalia
Author : Paul Fraser Collard
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 1472263510
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)
Download or read book Diamond Hunter (Jack Lark, Book 11) written by Paul Fraser Collard and published by Headline. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JACK LARK: SOLDIER, LEADER, IMPOSTER. The eleventh book in the gripping military adventure series for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow. 'Brilliant' Bernard Cornwell 'A gripping adventure from start to finish. Jack Lark might not be the hero anyone wants, but he's most definitely the hero you need!' Richard Cullen/ R. S. Ford 'Paul Collard has become one of the most readable figures in Historical Fiction' Parmenion Books South Africa, 1871. Jack Lark no longer walks alone. With the worldly Anna Baker by his side, he travels to the Cape Colony diamond fields determined to seek their fortune - and an adventurous new life together. The journey north soon turns violent as tensions erupt between other hopeful diggers and a gang of Boer men. Everyone has their eye on the same elusive prize - and some will stop at nothing to get it. For Jack and Anna, unearthing a diamond is only half the battle. Getting out of the mines alive will prove far more difficult - and dangerous. And when the worst happens, Jack finds himself tested as no enemy, no man and no war has ever before. DIAMOND HUNTER: JACK LARK BOOK 11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF JACK LARK: 'A totally immersive and absorbing adventure' 'Diamond Hunter is a book you will not want to put down' 'Paul Fraser Collard goes from strength to strength' 'A delicately balanced formula that is mixed to perfection' 'Quite simply do yourself a favour and read these books'
Author : Percy Albert Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Diamond Fields of Southern Africa written by Percy Albert Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
