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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... read more
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Summary edit
WHEN THE LIONS FEEDS is the story of South Africa at the burgeoning time of the gold rush in the 1890s. Sean Courtney was raised in cattle country, accidently maimed his twin brother Garry as a boy. In inflicting weakness, Sean came to despise weakness in all. This, plus his own strength, was... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Sean Courtney: Add a description of this character.
- Duff
- Katrina
- Garrick
- Anna
- Mbejane
- Waite Courtney
- Garry
- Francois
- Klein
- Max
- Dirk
- Dennis
- Jan Paulus
- Hlubi
- Mr Hradsky
- Norman
- Karl
- Mr Clark
- Oupa
- Mr Charleywood
- Alphonso
- Theunis Kraal
- Mr Goldberg
- Ouma
- Steff
- Johnson
- Curtis
- Ada
- Audrey
- Jock Heyns
- Leroux
- Charlie
- Henrietta
- Harry
- Fernandes
- Frikkie
- Kruger
- Trevor Heyns
- Pye
- Joseph
- Derek
- Ronny
- Jack
First Sentence edit
A single wild pheasant flew up the side of the hill almost brushing the tips of the grass in its flight.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Courtney 1. (standard series)
Followed by The Sound of Thunder.
This is book 4 of 14 in Courtney. (universe)
Preceded by Blue Horizon, and followed by The Triumph of the Sun.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Wilbur Smith (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: PAN BOOKS
Country: South Africa
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780330505765
Page Count: 600
Publisher: PAN BOOKS
Country: South Africa
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780330505765
Page Count: 600
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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