When the Lion Feeds
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When the Lion Feeds
| Full title | When the Lion Feeds (The Courtney Series, Book 1) |
|---|---|
| Author | Wilbur Smith |
| Published | 1964 |
| Pages | 572 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Wilbur Smith’s first novel and the opening of the Courtney series — nineteenth-century Natal, gold, and a family fortune assembled across southern Africa. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @moseskagan — named twice when he asked “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” in his thread, April 2025: once by title and once as “Courtney series by Wilbur Smith”. The full list of answers is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
About this edition
One card stands for the series, whose first volume this is.
Connections
- Historical Fiction — The genre the thread was asking about.
- Africa — The setting of the Courtney sequence.
- Mining — The Witwatersrand gold rush the series runs through.
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.