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  • Power of the Sword

  • The Courtney Series, Book 5
  • By: Wilbur Smith
  • Narrated by: Sean Barrett
  • Length: 28 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (418 ratings)

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Summary

'We are Courtneys. We don't have to fight with our fists. We fight with power and money and influence. Nobody can beat us on our own ground.'

A powerful family. A time of war.

Centaine de Thiry Courtney has not only survived but thrived. A successful woman with two sons of her own: Shasa Courtney, the Courtney heir, and Manfred de la Rey, Shasa's half brother, her secret child raised solely by his father. At the time of the Great Depression, Centaine must make difficult decisions to ensure the security of her family - decisions that will affect Manfred and his father, Lothar de la Rey, a man Centaine once loved.

But the world is changing, and conflicts greater than any the world has seen before are looming. Centaine and her children must face the upcoming war - where not all of them will be on the same side....

A Courtney Series adventure - book 2 in the Burning Shore sequence.

©1986 Wilbur Smith (P)2019 Audible, Ltd

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Sad but interesting

I felt sad through out the book, but this doesn't stop me from saying how each book of this series is amusing in it's own way

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Another of the gripping series.

Excellent story line and well worth listening to it again. It will be interesting to see how things develop.

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Another full action storyline

very well read as normal. A good story a good follow on following the family and new members of the family.

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Still amazed with Wilbur

This is the only series that even after listening to multiple books I can’t wait to listen to the next one, every character is unique and interesting. I am also a huge fan of the narrator who allows you to be engrossed in the story.

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Great work of literature.

Reading the rise and fall of the Courtney’s will have you longing for the book every time you put it down!

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fantastic and thoroughly engrossing.

what a fantastic listen. brilliantly read as you are lead through life in Africa for another Courtney saga. the narrator brings to life a wonderful story. captivating you in an amazing account of so many lives and aspects of life in Africa in the most turbulent of times. thank you. already downloaded Rage.

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Once again What an Amazing story. ....I have read a lot of The Courtney series and each one is as climactic as the rest ....Expertly narrated ... how wonderful the characters were narrated amazing job .......I'm eagerly waiting to listen now to the burning shores...also by The brilliant Wilbur Smith.....who never ceases to captivate and catapult me into a different world ..the world that was ........I am indebet to him and his wonderful team especially his Narrator Sean Barratt......10-10 🗡️

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good old Wilbur

as good as story telling gets
can't wait for the next one next month maw

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Awesome

Awesome another Wilber smith classic deep fascinating amazing addictive and enthralling how he weaves multiple storylines into amazing addictive narrative is fantastic highly recommended but you must read/listen to the burning shore first or better still the ordered Courtney series from when the lion feeds

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storytelling at its best.

one of the best of Wilburs many gripping and varied novels, can't wait to get submersed in another.

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