Falkens flukt

Wilbur Smith Nils Ole Oftebro (Oppleser) Jan D. Ulrichsen (Oversetter)

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I 1860 vender søskenparet Robyn og Zouga Ballantyne tilbake til sitt fødeland i Afrika for å undersøke handelsmulighetene på østkysten og skaffe seg opplysninger om slavehandelen i det indre av kontinentet. Robyn oppdager snart at skipet de seiler med, er et kamuflert slaveskip, og at kapteinen, Mungo St. John, er slaveeier. Til tross for hans brutale forretningsmetoder er Robyn på mystisk vis tiltrukket av ham. Samtidig er hun fast bestemt på å sette en stopper for hans lyssky virksomhet. Ved Zambesielvens munning begynner reisen inn i det ukjente landet, der Robyn og Zouga blir fortryllet av den uberørte afrikanske naturens storslåtte skjønnhet. Deres veier skilles når Robyn vil finne faren, en berømt oppdagelsesreisende lege og misjonær, som har forsvunnet i villmarken, mens broren Zouga dras mot mulighetene til rikdom og berømmelse. Begge føler at deres skjebne ligger i dette veldige, gåtefulle kontinentet som lokker med rikdom, eventyr og lidenskap. Falkens flukt er første bok i Ballantyne-serien om det uoppdagede Afrika, slavehandlens endelikt og umulig kjærlighet i en verden som styres av umåtelig rikdom.

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Wilbur Smith is my favorite author, and "A Falcon Flies" is one of his best. You are introduced to the Ballentyne's, Maj. Zouga Ballentyne and his sister, Dr. Robin Ballentyne as they search Africa for their missing father, the famous missonary and anti-slavery cruscader Fuller Ballentyne and have the bad luck to travel to Africa on board the ship of Mungo St.John, who it turns out, is a infamous slave trader himself.
With that breathless start, you would expect action and lots of it, and you won't be disappointed. Smith has never been afraid to write a strong woman character, and Robin Ballentyne certainly qualifes, coming close to unsympathic, being saved mainly by her constant concern for human life, never hestiating to place her own in jepoardy to help the ill or injured, but always sure of being right and never hestiating to say so. Its ones of his best...

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Forlag: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Norsk Bokmål
ISBN: 9788202597573
Utgave: 1. utg.
Utgivelsesår: 2020
Originaltittel: A falcon flies
Serie: Ballantyne 1

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ArneZ – 08.07.2005

– Wilbur Smith is my favorite author, and "A Falcon Flies" is one of his best. You are introduced to the Ballentyne's, Maj. Zouga Ballentyne and his sister, Dr. Robin Ballentyne as they search Africa for their missing father, the famous missonary and anti-slavery cruscader Fuller Ballentyne and have the bad luck to travel to Africa on board the ship of Mungo St.John, who it turns out, is a infamous slave trader himself.
With that breathless start, you would expect action and lots of it, and you won't be disappointed. Smith has never been afraid to write a strong woman character, and Robin Ballentyne certainly qualifes, coming close to unsympathic, being saved mainly by her constant concern for human life, never hestiating to place her own in jepoardy to help the ill or injured, but always sure of being right and never hestiating to say so. Its ones of his best...