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Tom and Diana take a look at Birds of Prey and the End of the Dutch Golden Age. This is the earliest book chronologically in the Courtney saga, and tells the story of Sir Francis and Hal Courtney, the first of the Courtney’s to land in Africa, as they take on the might of the Dutch East India Company

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

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Tom and Diana discuss Wilbur’s book Courtney’s War with its vivid depiction of the horrors of the Battle of Stalingrad, a conflict with disturbing similarities to today’s war in Ukraine.

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

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In this episode Tom and Diana continue to discuss River God and life in Ancient Egypt with renowned Egyptologist Professor Joann Fletcher.

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

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Tom and Diana are joined by Egyptologist Professor Joann Fletcher to discuss River God, the Hyksos invasion and life in Ancient Egypt at that time

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

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Tom and Diana discuss their love for and fascination with River God, Wilbur’s sprawling, epi,c best-selling novel of romance and adventure set in Ancient Egypt, in which we are introduced to Taita, a completely new kind of hero who is set to become one of Wilbur’s most beloved and long lasting characters

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

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In this episode Tom and Diana take a look at Wilbur's latest book Nemesis, (published in April 2023), which is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars and follows three different strands of the Courtney family as their fates become ever more intertwined.

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

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In Episode 6 of That Wilbur Smith Show Tom and Diana take their final look for now at When The Lion Feeds discussing how the discovery of gold enriches and then corrupts Sean and Duff and turns the tented community of Johannesburg into the fastest growing city in the world.

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

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In Episode 5 of That Wilbur Smith Show Tom and Diana are joined once again by historian Professor Saul David to discuss the two most famous battles of the Anglo Zulu War, Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift, brilliantly captured by Wilbur in When The Lion Feeds and in which Sean, Garrick and Waite Courtney all meet staggeringly different fates…

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

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In Episode 4 of That Wilbur Smith Show Tom and Diana are joined by historian Professor Saul David to discuss the reasons behind the Anglo Zulu War of 1879, and the build up to the conflict which forms the background to the first part of When The Lion Feeds.and shapes the future of the Courtneys, Sean, Garrick and their father Waite.

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

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In Episode 3 of That Wilbur Smith Show Tom and Diana discuss Wilbur’s memoir ‘On Leopard Rock’, exploring how Wilbur draws upon his own experiences and extraordinary life when creating his thrilling adventures and characters.

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

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