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When the Lion Feeds

The first book in Wilbur Smith's Courtney Series
By Wilbur Smith
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When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur Smith is an epic historical tale set in Southern Africa. It follows the tumultuous life of Sean Courtney as he navigates family betrayal, love, and the fierce wilderness of the African landscape. The reader is taken on an adventurous journey through gold mining, war, and personal ambition in a vividly portrayed setting, capturing the spirit and challenges of the time.
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When the Lion Feeds

From bestselling author Wilbur Smith, the first epic adventure in the popular Courtney Series.

From bestselling author Wilbur Smith, the first epic adventure in the popular Courtney Series

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'What is it?' Sean felt the first tingle of alarm.
'N'yoni', said Mbejane softly and Sean saw them. A dark pall, still so far off that they could not distinguish the individual birds: only a shadow, a thin dark shadow in the sky. Watching it Sean was suddenly cold in the hot noonday sun. He started to run.

Brothers by birth. Enemies by blood.

Natal, 1860; the Courtney twins are born. Heirs to their father's fortune, destiny divides the boys from the start - Garrick is eager to stay indoors with a book and escape the hardships of cattle-rearing, while Sean, strong and much-loved, wants to try his hand at everything.

When Garrick is forced to take ownership of their farm, Sean must explore the opportunities awaiting him: the rush and horrors of the Zulu Wars, the women who will fall for his charms, the rise and fall of gold fever and the deadly thrills of big game hunting on the African plains. But will Sean's adventures really be his making - and at what ultimate cost...?

A Courtney Series adventure - Book 1 in the When the Lion Feeds trilogy.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781785767043

Publisher: Zaffre

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 June 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Zaffre

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 394g

Pages: 544

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Wilbur Smith

About the Author

Wilbur Smith is a global phenomenon: a distinguished author with a large and established readership built up over fifty-five years of writing, with sales of over 130 million novels worldwide.

Born in Central Africa in 1933, Wilbur became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds, and has since published forty-one global bestsellers, including the Courtney Series, the Ballantyne Series, the Egyptian Series, the Hector Cross Series and many successful standalone novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books have now been translated into twenty-six languages.

The establishment of the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation in 2015 cemented Wilbur's passion for empowering writers, promoting literacy and advancing adventure writing as a genre. The foundation's flagship programme is the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.

For all the latest information on Wilbur visit www.wilbursmithbooks.com or facebook.com/WilburSmith

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