Assegai (Record no. 645)
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781447272946 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 823.91 |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Smith, Wilbur |
9 (RLIN) | 360631 |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Assegai |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
Edition statement | New edition |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | United Kingdom; |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Pan Macmillan; |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2014 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 512 Pages; |
Other physical details | Paperback |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | 1913. Ex-soldier turned professional big-game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. One of his clients, German industrialist Count Otto von Meerbach, owns a company which builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser's burgeoning army. Leon is recruited by his uncle, Penrod Ballantyne, commander of the British forces in East Africa, to gather information from von Meerbach. But he had not bargained on falling passionately in love with Eva, the count's beautiful and enigmatic mistress. Then Leon stumbles on a plot by von Meerbach to raise a rebellion against the British amongst the disenchanted survivors of the Boer War, and he alone is able find out who and what is really behind the conspiracy ...Assegai is the enthralling last novel in the Courtneys of Africa series by bestselling sensation, Wilbur Smith. 'Smith writes with passion and close observation about the sights and sounds of Africa' Daily Express |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Thriller / suspense |
9 (RLIN) | 360632 |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Adventure |
9 (RLIN) | 360633 |
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Suppress in OPAC | 0 |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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Withdrawn | Dewey Decimal Classification | Not For Loan | Karachi | Karachi | Crime | 07/08/2016 | 823.91 | PKLC002236 | 08/09/2016 | 07/08/2016 | Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Book Bazaar | |||
Withdrawn | Dewey Decimal Classification | Lahore | Lahore | Crime | 04/05/2016 | 823.91 | PKLC004315 | 04/05/2016 | 04/05/2016 | Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | donated to the faislabad festival 2018 |