Life for Taita, the hero of Pharaoh, Wilbur Smith’s latest novel, is also a violent thing. And some of my work may be very raunchy and very bloodthirsty – but life, for me, is a violent thing.” In a 2013 interview with Laura Barnett of The Guardian, Smith reflected on his body of work: “I never set out to write literature I set out to tell stories.
Many are family sagas with heroic characters and storylines that continue from book to book. Some are set in South Africa, others in the former British colony of Rhodesia, still others in ancient Egypt during the time of the great Pharaohs. Collectively he has thirty-eight books to his credit including The Courtney series, Ancient Egypt series, Ballantyne series and numerous action thrillers. Wilbur Smith is a prolific writer, an octogenarian first published in 1964, whose stories have thrilled and entertained millions around the globe.
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