A Sparrow Falls by Wilbur Smith
'Mark never heard the Mauser shot for the bullet came ahead of the sound. There was only the massive shock in the upper part of his body, and then he was hurled backwards with a violence that drove the air from his lungs. The earth opened before him, and as he fell, there was a sensation of being engulfed in a swirling vortex of blackness and he knew for just a fleeting instant of time that he was dead'. From the trenches of France, General Sean Courtney comes back to fame, fortune and a seat in the Government. Mark Anders, the courageous young South African whom he has come to regard as his own son, returns to nothing, his grandfather murdered, his property seized by an unknown company. At the bottom of the mystery is Sean's son Dirk, the jealous, violent and power-crazed genius whose all-consuming hatred can only end in blood.
Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds, and has since written over thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages. Tim Pigott-Smith is highly respected for his work on stage and screen and is particularly well known for his role in the television series, The Jewel of the Crown. He had worked extensively in theatre for the Bristol Old Vic, the RSC and on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh. His film credits include Remains of the Day, Chain Reaction , Bloody Sunday, Alexander, Escape to Victory and Dead Man's Folly. His many television credits include North and South and The Vice.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9780230735804 |
| Title | A Sparrow Falls |
| Release date | 2009-04-03 |
| Format | Abridged Audiobook |
| Studio | Macmillan Digital Audio |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | Wilbur Smith |
| Read by | Tim Pigott-Smith |