Blue Horizon (novel)

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Blue Horizon
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Author Wilbur Smith
Country South Africa
LanguageEnglish
Series The Courtney Novels
GenreAdventure
Publisher Pan MacMillan
Publication date
2003

Blue Horizon is a 2003 novel by Wilbur Smith. [1] [2]

Contents

Adaptation

Film and TV rights to the book were bought by Corona Pictures but as of 2013 no adaptation has been filmed. [3]

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References

  1. Blue Horizon at Wilbur Smith's website
  2. "The Blue Horizon". Kirkus Reviews. 2010-05-20. Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  3. "Birds of Prey - TV", Tibor & Jones Associates Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine accessed 18 May 2013