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Bertram Mitford (1855–1914)

Autore di The Sign of the Spider

44+ opere 236 membri 4 recensioni 4 preferito

Opere di Bertram Mitford

The Sign of the Spider (1896) 23 copie
The White Shield (1895) 8 copie
The Induna's Wife (1898) 8 copie
'Tween Snow and Fire (2010) 7 copie
A Secret of the Lebombo (2014) 7 copie
Dorrien of Cranston (2014) 7 copie
A Frontier Mystery (2014) 6 copie
The Heath Hover Mystery (2016) 6 copie

Opere correlate

A Tide of Terror; An Anthology of Rare Horror Stories. (1972) — Collaboratore — 6 copie

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I think this story is set in far eastern Zululand, or Swaziland, along the Indian Ocean. It is thriller, adventure, mystery all rolled into one. It was enjoyable.
 
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WadeBurgess | May 22, 2021 |
Mostly set in the Swiss Alps near Lake Geneva. A thriller, with romance as well. The reader is kept wondering what Fordam’s feud is and with whom. Then, Bang! I prefer Mitford’s South African novels but this one was fine for something different and it was VERY different.
 
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WadeBurgess | May 22, 2021 |
The start of this book reminds very much of the beginning of an [Indiana Jones] movie mixed with a [[Joseph Conrad]] atmosphere.
I did not know XIXth Century South African literature but this is the tale of a trader and gun runner and his daughter, an accomplished hunter, living in a relatively isolated trade outpost in Zulu country.

Great hunting scenes worthy of [[Hemingway]] and a sense of imminent death and growing threat well brought in throughout the book. I definitely want to read more Bertram Mitford who then lived in England on an Estate with a room full of Kudu horns, Zulu shields and spears.… (altro)
 
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Artymedon | Apr 18, 2013 |
I read this book in one sitting. Elements of romance, mystery,and horror. What a find.
 
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bjbookman | Jan 20, 2009 |

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Opere
44
Opere correlate
1
Utenti
236
Popolarità
#95,935
Voto
4.0
Recensioni
4
ISBN
97
Preferito da
4

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