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A Falcon Flies

The Ballantyne Series, Book 1

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A Falcon Flies

By: Wilbur Smith
Narrated by: Elliot Chapman
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A Falcon Flies is the first best-selling novel in Wilbur Smith's epic tale of Africa, The Ballantyne Novels.

In search of a father they barely remember, Zouga and Dr Robyn Ballantyne board Mungo St John's magnificent clipper to speed them to Africa. But long before they sight that mighty continent, Robyn knows that she and Mungo will battle with all the fury of natural enemies - and love with all the desperation of those unable to evade the commands of fate. For if she can bring hope and healing to Africa's fever-ridden shores, he, a lawless trader in human cargo, will possess any man - or woman - he chooses....

Set in 1860, this gripping tale is followed by Men of Men, The Angels Weep and The Leopard Hunts in Darkness.

©1980 Wilbur Smith (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance

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I read this book 20yrs ago and it was fantastic then as it is now. The narrator however could've tried a little harder with the Zulu and Afrikaans pronunciation.
He murdered the languages almost as badly as Zouga tore into the elephants

Narrator struggled with the foreign language

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This is a wonderfully written and performed story. Of its time it tells a tell of yesteryear. Unexplored Africa with the beauty and it's horrors. Just listen and enjoy it for what it is.

A Story of its Time

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You can smell Africa and feel the heat. The trouble is it is all about slaughtering animals, the wonderful elephants. They were safe until the white man arrived with their powerful guns. We, as humans have so much to be ashamed of.
So it makes uncomfortable reading but it opens the door to understanding a beautiful rich country.

Very descriptive.

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I thought that the Narrator did a great job in ensuring engaging interaction with the story. His pronunciations of the Afrikaans and Zulu words was not great and detracted from the drama of the story somewhat. But, only those in the know would realise that.

A timeless and engaging, almost historical account.

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fantastic book with a awesome story line. the only thing that let it down for me as was the narrator not been able to pronounce the South African words.

fantastic book well worth the money

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storyline typical of wilber smith. just great!! holds your interest through and it was difficult to put Fownhope

wonderful writing

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The story is excellent and take me back to bygone days. It is such a Hugh pity that the narrator didn’t do his research and kept miss pronouncing African place names on the book. It’s a shame that effort is made for French words but not African words

Riveting

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Wonderful story of heroes. villains and the holier than thou set in the magic of Africa. The horrors of elephant hunting and slavery so imbedded in African history are described graphically. The narrator was excellent despite not pronouncing Zulu and Afrikaans words correctly.

Magnificent

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I love Wilbur Smith books but found this a bit boring at times. I will continue with the next book though and hope it livens up. The narration is mostly good but it would have been better if the African words had been pronounced properly.

Slow going

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Mostly an enjoyable listen. Excellent descriptions as is usual with Smith. But I found the character of Robyn Ballantyne so annoying that I had both to force myself to listen through her various stupidities and hypocrisies and to suck it up when she does not get her just deserts. I probably won't buy the second in the series, although I'd listen to it if it were included with membership at any point.

Well written. Instructive abt 19th century Africa

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