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When the Lion Feeds

When the Lion Feeds

Author(s): Wilbur Smith

Location(s): South Africa

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): mid/late 19th Century

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The first book featuring the Courtney family. The Courtney brothers, Sean and Garrick sneak off with a gun. Sean accidentally shoots Garrick in the leg, which eventually leads to amputation. This event is at the heart of a shaky relationship which permeates the generations. The Zulu Wars, the build up of South Africa’s gold mining, and fortunes won and lost…

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“Wildly entertaining, compulsively readable.”–Sunday Telegraph (UK) Smith’s vivid descriptions of climate, country and people build a picture that are as real as they are enduring. (TG)

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