Courtney series

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The Courtney series is a popular sequence of historical adventure novels by Wilbur Smith that follows the fortunes and conflicts of the Courtney family across generations in Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure fiction series
historical novel series
novel series
author Wilbur Smith
chronology spans multiple generations of the Courtney family
countryOfOrigin South Africa
follows Courtney family
genre adventure fiction
historical fiction
hasMainFamily Courtney family
hasProtagonistFamilyMember Centaine de Thiry Courtney
Garrick Courtney
Hal Courtney
Leon Courtney
Manfred De La Rey
Ryder Courtney
Saffron Courtney
Sean Courtney
Shasa Courtney
Tom Courtney
hasSubseries Courtneys of Africa sequence
Courtneys of the Empire sequence
Courtney series self-linksurface differs
surface form: Modern Courtneys sequence
hasTheme adventure
colonialism
conflict over land and power
family saga
generational conflict
war
language English
mainSetting Africa
notableFor commercial success worldwide
depicting African history through a family saga
notableWork A Sparrow Falls
A Time to Die
Assegai
Birds of Prey (TV series)
surface form: Birds of Prey

Blue Horizon
Golden Fox
Monsoon
The Power of the Sword
surface form: Power of the Sword

Rage
The Burning Shore
The Sound of Thunder
The Triumph of the Sun
When the Lion Feeds
publisher Heinemann publishing group
surface form: Heinemann

Pan Books
St. Martin's Press
settingRegion East Africa
Southern Africa
timePeriodCovered 19th century
20th century
21st century

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Description of subject: The Courtney series is a popular sequence of historical adventure novels by Wilbur Smith that follows the fortunes and conflicts of the Courtney family across generations in Africa.

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Wilbur Smith notableSeries Courtney series
When the Lion Feeds series Courtney series
A Sparrow Falls series Courtney series
A Sparrow Falls partOf Courtney series
this entity surface form: Courtney family saga
Rage partOfSeries Courtney series
Birds of Prey literarySeries Courtney series
Birds of Prey partOfFranchise Courtney series
this entity surface form: Courtney novels
Monsoon partOfSeries Courtney series
Monsoon literarySeriesOrder Courtney series
this entity surface form: Courtney series (chronological prequel sequence)
Blue Horizon partOfSeries Courtney series
Courtney series hasSubseries Courtney series self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Modern Courtneys sequence