Legacy of War

Name: Legacy of War
Rating: 4.5 (5867 reviews)

by Wilbur Smith Book 4 in the Assegai Sequence series.

First published 2021

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Europe and Kenya after 1945. Saffron Courtney and Gerhard von Meerbach attempt to rebuild their lives, but Gerhard’s Nazi brother Konrad remains free and seeks to recover influence through blackmail, violence and old political connections. The European plot examines the difficulty of prosecuting or exposing men who convert wartime influence into post-war respectability.

In Kenya, Leon Courtney faces an escalating conflict over land, colonial rule and African independence. The family’s private struggle against Konrad becomes entangled with the Mau Mau uprising, forcing the Courtneys to confront both wartime crimes and the instability of the empire they once served. In Kenya, disputes over land and political representation point towards the Mau Mau uprising, linking the family’s private inheritance to the approaching end of colonial rule.