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The Diamond Hunters

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The Diamond Hunters
cover of Heinemann 1971 first edition
AuthorWilbur Smith
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1971
Publication placeSouth Africa
ISBN0434714054

The Diamond Hunters is a 1971 novel by Wilbur Smith.[1][2][3][4]

Adaptation

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Smith tried to get it made into a film for a number of years.[5] It was adapted into the 1975 film The Kingfisher Caper and a 2001 television mini series.[6]

References

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  1. ^ The Diamond Hunters at Wilbur Smith's webpage
  2. ^ The Diamond Hunters by Wilbur Smith. 231 pp. New York: Doubleday & Co. $5.95
  3. ^ "New & Novel". New York Times. 23 April 1972. p. BR41. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ "The accused a man at war". The Canberra Times. 17 July 1971. p. 14. Retrieved 5 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Andrew Spicer, Rethinking Authorship in Film: The Struggle for Creative Control between Michael Klinger (Producer) and Wilbur Smith (Writer)
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (27 January 2022). "The Cinema of Wilbur Smith". Filmink.
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