Tarzan and the Golden Lion

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name = Tarzan and the Golden Lion
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration of "Tarzan and the Golden Lion"
author = Edgar Rice Burroughs
illustrator = J. Allen St. John
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country = United States
language = English
series = Tarzan series
genre = Adventure novel
publisher = A. C. McClurg
release_date = 1923
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 333 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by = Tarzan the Terrible
followed_by = Tarzan and the Ant Men

"Tarzan and the Golden Lion" is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the ninth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was published in 1923.

Plot summary

In the previous novel, Tarzan rescued Jane after he discovered that she was alive, and was reunited with his son Korak. In this story, Tarzan has been drugged and delivered to the priest of Opar, the lost colony of Atlantis that Clayton had last visited in "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar". Once again the High Priestess of the Flaming God, La, who is consumed by her hopeless lust for Tarzan, rescues him. But when her people discover that she had betrayed them, Tarzan flees with La into the legendary Valley of Diamonds, where savage gorillas rule. The good news is that Tarzan and La were being followed by Jad-bal-ja, his faithful golden lion whom he had raised from a cub. The bad news is that they are also being followed by Estaban Miranda, who happens to look exactly like Clayton, but who is evil.

Film adaptations

The novel was made into a motion picture in 1927.

Comic adaptations

The book has been adapted into comic form by Gold Key Comics in "Tarzan" nos. 172-173.

References

*cite book | last=Bleiler | first=Everett | authorlink=Everett F. Bleiler | title=The Checklist of Fantastic Literature | location=Chicago | publisher=Shasta Publishers | pages=67 | date=1948

External links

* [http://www.erblist.com/erblist/tzglionsum.html Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for "Tarzan and the Golden Lion"]