AdventureSmith

In this episode Tom and Chris talk to Australian author Peter Watt about his incredibly adventurous life, his life-changing encounters with Wilbur and how Wilbur inspired him to become a best selling author - the Australian Wilbur Smith

AdventureSmith is brought to you by The Wilbur Smith Estate.

Producer Christopher Winn. Music Dewey Delay. Executive Producer Niso Smith.

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In this special episode Tom and author Conn Iggulden discuss the power of historical fiction and the influence Wilbur Smith has had on Conn himself and generations of adventure and historical fiction writers

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Producer Christopher Winn. Music Dewey Delay. Executive Producer Niso Smith.

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In this episode Tom and Christopher are joined by Professor David Howarth, author of ‘Adventurers The Improbable Rise of the East India Company’ ; to discuss the surprisingly humble and chaotic Tudor origins of the most celebrated and powerful global entity in history. 

AdventureSmith is brought to you by The Wilbur Smith Estate.

Producer Christopher Winn. Music Dewey Delay. Executive Producer Niso Smith.

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In Episode 3 of That Wilbur Smith Show Tom and Christopher are joined by Professor Bernard Freamon, the world’s leading authority on the Indian Ocean Slave Trade, to explore this elusive, yet fascinating subject of which little is known and which is rarely discussed.

AdventureSmith is brought to you by The Wilbur Smith Estate.

Producer Christopher Winn. Music Dewey Delay. Executive Producer Niso Smith.

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Tom and Christopher look back on memorable moments from the first series, recalling some of the illuminating facts and insights they elicited from their special guests, including Egyptologist Joanne Fletcher, historian Saul David, writer of both fiction and nonfiction about the Zulu wars, Zambezi expert Marlyn Newitt, who sounds the alarm about the Victoria Falls drying up, Joost Fonteyn on the mysteries of the Great Zimbabwe, Civil Rights campaigner Adam Hochschild on the Abolition of Slavery and our remarkable adventurer, polar explorer Felicity Aston

AdventureSmith is brought to you by The Wilbur Smith Estate.

Producer Christopher Winn. Music Dewey Delay. Executive Producer Niso Smith.

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For the first episode of a new series of That Wilbur Smith Show, and in honour of International Women’s Day, Tom and Christopher talk to a real life hero who might have stepped out of the pages of a Wilbur Smith book, Felicity Aston, polar explorer and the first woman to ski across Antarctica alone!

Felicity's website : http://www.felicityaston.co.uk/

AdventureSmith is brought to you by The Wilbur Smith Estate.

Producer Christopher Winn. Music Dewey Delay. Executive Producer Niso Smith.

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Historian Tom Harper and author Christopher Winn explore the exhilarating world of legendary adventure writer Wilbur Smith with special guest and real life hero Felicity Aston, polar explorer and the first woman to ski across Antarctica alone.

AdventureSmith is brought to you by The Wilbur Smith Estate.

Producer Christopher Winn. Music Dewey Delay. Executive Producer Niso Smith.

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In That Wilbur Smith Show Wilbur co-writer historian Tom Harper and author and Wilbur fan Christopher Winn explore the exhilarating world of adventure writer Wilbur Smith, one of the greatest story tellers of all time, by talking to a star-studded array of special guests, adventurers, historians, authors, academics and fans about the exotic places and thrilling historical events that feature in Wilbur’s books.

AdventureSmith is brought to you by The Wilbur Smith Estate.

Producer Christopher Winn. Music Dewey Delay. Executive Producer Niso Smith.

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In this action packed second episode on Birds of Prey Tom and Diana describe how Hal Courtney and his companions escape from their Dutch prison in the Castle of Good Hope and travel across the wilds of Southern Africa to confront once more their mortal enemy the Buzzard at Elephant Lagoon.

AdventureSmith is brought to you by The Wilbur Smith Estate.

Producer Christopher Winn. Music Dewey Delay. Executive Producer Niso Smith.

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In the first of a series of episodes chronicling the Courtneys through the 17th century Tom and Diana celebrate the opening part of one of Wilbur’s most epic novels, Birds of Prey, a tale of treasure, treachery, pirates, love and betrayal set against the Anglo Dutch War and the founding of the world’s most beautiful city, Cape Town

AdventureSmith is brought to you by The Wilbur Smith Estate.

Producer Christopher Winn. Music Dewey Delay. Executive Producer Niso Smith.

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