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Zouga Ballantyne has in his blood a fanatic's need to find diamonds, one that will take him to Southern Africa's most punishing places. Losing his wife to one of the many sicknesses that haunt the diamond mine camp, Zouga and his sons must find another way through the country, helping to build the British Empire, and developing their own form of civilisation in the face of tribal opposition. But the Ballantyne family success comes at a price -- the sacrifice of the local Matabele tribe, who show more have tried to live alongside the colonists, but are slowly losing everything. In the face of exploitation, violence and greed, who will triumph in the land of ruthless men? show less

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Because Men of Men picks up where Flight of the Falcon left off we rejoin Zouga Ballantyne. Now he is ten years older and married to a society girl named Aletta. Despite many miscarriages she has given him two boys, Ralph and Jordan. Somehow Zouga has convinced his family to join him in Africa where he is still searching for riches, only this time instead of elephants and gold it is diamonds. His eldest son, Ralph, is exposed to gambling, violence and prostitution at sixteen, literally coming of age in the bush. It's Ralph we continue to follow for the most of Men of Men although most characters from Flight return. Robyn, Mungo, Clinton and Charoot, to name a few. In reality, it is everyone's greed we bear witness to. As with all of show more Smith's other books, Men of Men is rich with African history and adventure as well as strong characters, only there are more of them to play with. show less
Hombres muy hombres es la historia de una verdadera epopeya vivida por un grupo de hombres en el corazón de África. Entre ellos aparece Zouga Ballantyne, recordado protagonista de Vuela el halcón. La acción se centra en la fatigosas excavaciones en busca de diamantes en las minas de Kimberley, donde Ballantyne se enfrenta con el poderoso Cecil Rhodes, futuro fundador de Rhodesia, y culmina en las tierras de los matabeles, al sur del río Zambeze.

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Canonical title
Men of Men
Original title
Men of Men
Original publication date
1981
Dedication*
Dit boek is voor mijn vrouw Danielle, met mijn eeuwigdurende liefde.
First words
It had never been exposed to the light of day, not once in the 200 million years since it assumed its present form, and yet it seemed in itself to be a drop of distilled sunlight.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Thus she cried, and the people of the Metabele listened and took new heart and looked to their steel.
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Inglese
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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
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813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
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PR9405.9 .S5 .M4Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish LiteratureEnglish literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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