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Worldwide bestselling author Wilbur Smith will take you on an incredible journey on the thrashing seas off the coast of Africa in this glorious return to the series that made him who he is: The Courtney series.

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24 September 2015
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Praise for Golden Lion:

‘Golden Lion is vintage Smith’ DAILY MAIL

‘Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget’ The Sun

‘Smith tells a fast-paced story with a certain Edwardian flair’ The Times

Praise for Wilbur Smith:

‘NO ONE DOES ADVENTURE QUITE LIKE SMITH’ DAILY MIRROR

‘THE WORLD’S LEADING ADVENTURE WRITER’ DAILY EXPRESS

‘WILBUR SMITH IS ONE OF THOSE BENCHMARKS AGAINST WHOM OTHERS ARE COMPARED’ THE TIMES

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Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of WHEN THE LION FEEDS, and has since written over thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Publishers (24 September 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0007535708
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0007535705
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.9 x 4.1 x 24 cm

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Giles Kristian's first historical novels were the acclaimed and bestselling RAVEN Viking trilogy – Blood Eye, Sons of Thunder and Odin’s Wolves. For his next series, he drew on a long-held fascination with the English Civil War to chart the fortunes of a family divided by this brutal conflict in The Bleeding Land and Brothers’ Fury. Giles also co-wrote Wilbur Smith’s No.1 bestseller, Golden Lion. In God of Vengeance (a TIMES Book of the Year), Winter’s Fire, and the Historical Writers’ Association Gold Crown shortlisted Wings of the Storm, he returned to the world of the Vikings to tell the story of Sigurd and his celebrated fictional fellowship. Lancelot was published to great acclaim and hit The Times bestseller charts at No. 3. It was also a Sunday Times bestseller. He followed Lancelot with Camelot, and his new novel, a thriller called Where Blood Runs Cold, was The Times’ Thriller of the Month. To find out more about Giles: www.gileskristian.com
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Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. After the successful publication of WHEN THE LION FEEDS in 1964 he became a full-time writer, and has since written 30 novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books have been translated into twenty-six different languages
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deejay78..

Golden lion

Reviewed in Australia on 16 June 2021

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Having assumed that I had read all of smiths novels have come upon one that was written in 2015 and must say found it as enjoyable of all the others that have read.been a follower of wilbur smith ever since he commenced writing and will continue to follow his novels, thanks for great reading

Reviewed in Australia on 8 October 2015

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Courtney family saga full of danger, action, and intrigue. There are echoes of pirate tales and of Napoleonic naval books, of African adventure and of British Empire colonialism. There are aspects of religious conflict, of slave trading, of piracy and hunting of snares and rescues, of sea battles and duels. Essentially it should have something for every reader of action adventure. I especially enjoyed the descriptions of Zanzibar; with its colourful cauldron of humanity where the blood of Europeans, Bantu and Arabs mingle. The atmosphere
and aromas amongst a cacophony of shouting voices, just added so much colour and life. However the ending was a let down for me as
the heroine so uplifted in the story suddenly becomes incapable of defending herself?

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Robert Scott

Action Packed

Reviewed in Australia on 20 March 2016

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As a reader who grew up on Wilbur, a re-read of this book was a surprise for me. Action packed & a plot that moved from the sea to land as our hero found, lost, found, lost & found his love. So all the adventure remained but as an older reader the underlining story-line was weak by todays standard. However, a Wilbur Smith book is always worth a read.

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Maurice Terpening

Another 'Golden' Classic.

Reviewed in Australia on 20 October 2015

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Another classic Wilbur Smith that is virtually impossible to put down. I have read and enjoyed all of Wilbur's books and as a sideline his 'River God' started my fascination with ancient Egypt. Keep the books coming Wilbur, I have a lot of reading time still available.....

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Harry White

Another excellent novel from Wilbur. Essential reading.

Reviewed in Australia on 9 November 2016

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Top marks again Wilbur. AAA+++ - Thoroughly recommended.
This novel compliments the Courtney series to perfection.
Looking forward to the next novel in this series.

Reviewed in Australia on 9 December 2020

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Disappointed with the story line! Not the Wilber Smith I've come to expect.

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Carl

Great Wilbur work! Tense, moving flowing.

Reviewed in Australia on 15 September 2018

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A great story line that builds up, is real and keeps you engaged. Historical novel based on great research, including romance in a war like setting!

Reviewed in Australia on 23 October 2016

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Wilbur Smith keeps the reader 's interest in the fate of the hero right to the end as usual.
A good read

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Hibbers

Absolute Rubbish!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2017

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Do not bother with this very poor WS effort although suspect Giles Kristian may be more the issue with WS profiting from his name & past reputation which he is ruining in my opinion with this type of offering. This is a poor effort @ best with very little action and when it comes it is of no surprise whatsoever. 90% of the book is just spurious human interaction which to say the least is hackneyed and when the limited action does come it's so overtly obvious what is going to happen that a 7 year old could have written it. Save your money and buy a decent Connelly, Grisham or Child thriller. This is just plain expensive profiteering tosh and has saddened me as WS has been one of my favourite writers in years gone by.

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Chewyben

Disappointed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 September 2020

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Was a big fan of Wilbur Smith's earlier books - of this series (Birds of Prey, Monsoon) in particular - so was excited to discover this new adventure. However, unfortunately the excitement was short lived.
Smith's more recent books have become way too formulaic, so you won't find any surprises here. The story moves along okay, and reading it passed the time - nothing more. The ending however was unbelievably bad - so much so that I actually thought I must have missed a chapter somehow! The story seems to be building to the final 'climax', when suddenly it's just all over! It's as if the author just got bored mid-storyline and called it a day. Not sure I'll be reading anymore of Smith's new releases, very disappointed.

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peter

Shocking ending, trite and a cop out

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2017

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I was very disappointed with book. I had read a few wilbur smith novels but not for ten years or more. So when I purchased this I was looking forward to the read. The characters and plot was good with sufficient depth and charm to keep me thoroughly engrossed. However as I was nearing the end I thought to myself how is this going to end as I have only 15 or more pages to read, innocently thinking there must be a second book.
That is the fatal flaw it seems the author got bored and just finished up the book as quickly as possible, as he had something better to do, maybe cutting the grass!!!!
The author owes it to the readers to properly finish a book and not cop out and insult the intelligence of the readers by bland simplicity.
I will not be wasting my time again with his books.

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Ed

Loved this.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 June 2017

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I've read nearly all of Wilbur Smith's books and thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. I was hesitant about this one after reading some of the "reviews" which were negative and focused on the fact that it is co - (ghost?) written with Giles Kristian.

However.... when I started reading it any such doubts were. Loan away. Right from the start this gripped me. A welcome addition to the Courtney sea faring books and Im even going to read Mr Kristian's Viking books as the writing maintained a very high standard and great exciting pace with lots of Wilbur Smith traits. If I hadn't been aware this was a co written venture I seriously wouldn't have known as this is a typical great Wilbur Smith book.

I'll have no problem buying any other co-written books after this.

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Anthony

Not up to Wilbur's usual demanding standards

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 July 2016

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Having read pretty much everything by Wilbur this book came as somewhat of a disappointment. The book ambled on, the characters were bereft of the usual intensity of earlier Courtney characters, the plots were rather clumsy and, if anything, annoyingly predictable. The booked lacked the colour, taste and smell of Africa which have become such a familiar and stirring component of the Courtney novels. The finale fell short of the punch that we expect from the master story teller and I was left feeling rather short changed. Ultimately, this book would have been another classic had Wilbur Smith actually written it.

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