''The Diamond Hunters'' is a 1971 novel by

Wilbur Smith Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Zambian-born British-South African novelist specialising in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries, seen from the viewpoints ...

Adaptation

Smith tried to get it made into a film for a number of years.Andrew Spicer, ''Rethinking Authorship in Film: The Struggle for Creative Control between Michael Klinger (Producer) and Wilbur Smith (Writer)'' It was adapted into the 1975 film ''

The Kingfisher Caper ''The Kingfisher Caper'' (released as ''Diamond Hunters'' in South Africa and as ''Diamond Lust'' on video) is a 1975 South African film directed by Dirk DeVilliers for Kavalier Films Ltd. It stars Hayley Mills (as Tracey van der Byl), David McCal ...

'' and a 2001 television mini series.

References

External links

''The Diamond Hunters (mini series)''
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Novels by Wilbur Smith 1971 British novels Heinemann (publisher) books Novels set in Namibia British novels adapted into films {{1970s-novel-stub