(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 13 - It is in Ancient Egypt that WilburSmith leaves his readers in the latest novel that sees the light of day, 'The new Kingdom', written with the English journalist Mark Chadbourn, in the bookstore in Italy for Harper Collins in the translation by Sara Caraffini. The writer leaves them amidst palace intrigues, power struggles, bloody wars and adventures to the last breath in the heart of Egypt: '' "Egypt has always fascinated me, it represents the crossroads of continents, the foundations of the history of civilization: everything has happened there "said Wilbur Smith a few days ago, who with his novels has sold over 140 million copies all over the world. And on November 25 for Harper Collins, 'Lightning', the sequel to The Adventures of Jack Courtney.
Tempesta ', his first children's book. In short, the writer among the most prolific in the world does not deny himself in his legacy, now that he passed away at 88 '' unexpectedly this afternoon at his home in Cape Town after a morning spent reading and writing with his wife Niso at his side '', as announced its official website. 'Half a century of adventures he wanted to try first, with the obsession with competence that captivated his readers all over the world, with translations in over 30 languages. His best-selling Courtney series, the longest in the history of publishing - after a series of rejections by publishers that marked his inception - follows the adventures of the Courtney family around the world, spanning generations and three centuries, through critical periods sincedawn of colonial Africa to the American civil war and the apartheid era in South Africa.
In the 49 novels that Smith has published to date, he has transported his readers often to Africa, a continent he loved beyond measure.
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