Books by Wilbur Smith
“Lots of school boys get hooked on Wilbur Smith, and there are of course grown men who love them too, so he seems to go across the board. I started reading him when I was about 14 or 15, and now the series runs to about 12 or 13 books. I thought it was brilliantly clever. It is like a soap opera where every book is the next chapter of the story. This is the first of the Courtney sagas…He is the hero of the first few books. He was born in the 1860s and lived in South Africa, so his life is nicely timed to coincide with the Zulu risings and diamond hunting and all that. He is quite a respectable old man by the time the Boer War comes along. And he ends up becoming a patriarch to this massive family. I love the whole family dynasty, family saga concept.” Read more...
The best books on Family History
Turtle Bunbury, Historian
Interviews where books by Wilbur Smith were recommended
The best books on Family History, recommended by Turtle Bunbury
The Irish-based writer says studying families is a fascinating way to learn about the past, and tells us about the books that have inspired his own investigations
