When the Lion Feeds
1964 • 544 pages

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Average rating3.8

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Introducing the Courtney family

He began life at his twin brother's side, soon running wild on his father's ranch on the edge of Africa. But violence, desire, and fate sent Sean Courtney into exile--where he would fight and love his way to extraordinary success and heartbreaking failure...

In a place called The Ridge of White Waters, Sean made a life-long friendship, mined a fortune of gold, and met his own demons. Then an act of cunning betrayal struck--and ignited a new adventure to a new frontier.

From facing the murderous charge of a towering bull elephant to watching men die unspeakable deaths, Sean fought new enemies, forged new allies--and dreamed of establishing a family on a farm of his own. But in Wilbur Smith's When the Lion Feeds, the young man who had lived by his courage, sweat, and blood was about to discover that the past still had its claws in him…


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Series

Series

23 primary books

#9 in Courtney chronological order

Courtney chronological order is a 23-book series with 23 released primary works first released in 1964 with contributions by Wilbur Smith, Giles Kristian, and Tom Harper.

#1
Birds of Prey
#2
The Golden Lion
#3
Monsoon
#4
The Tiger's Prey
#5
Blue Horizon

Series

23 primary books

#1 in Courtney publication order

Courtney publication order is a 23-book series with 23 released primary works first released in 1964 with contributions by Wilbur Smith, David Churchill, and Tom Harper.

#1
When the Lion Feeds
#2
La voce del tuono
#3
Gli Eredi dell'Eden
#4
La spiaggia infuocata
#5
Power of the Sword

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Not my normal book but well written and enjoyable but just not for me so have tried to rate fairly.

April 17, 2023

Fantastic first start to this family chronicle. Love, hate, adventure and a bit of history. Couldn't be better.

September 20, 2017

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