Tarzan and the Golden Lion
 Dust-jacket illustration of Tarzan and the Golden Lion | |
| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | J. Allen St. John |
| Language | English |
| Series | Tarzan series |
| Genre | Adventure novel |
| Publisher | A. C. McClurg |
Publication date | 1923 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 333 pp |
| ISBN | NA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| 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 he and his family encounter and adopt an orphaned lion cub, whom they name Jad-bal-ja ("The Golden Lion" in the language of the lost land of Pal-ul-don, which they have recently left). They then return to their African estate, gutted by the Germans during the course of World War I in Tarzan the Untamed. They find it already being rebuilt by Tarzan's faithful Waziri warriors, including old Muviro, who first appears in this novel after a previous mention in Tarzan the Untamed. Muviro reappears in a number of later novels as sub-chief of the Waziri. Back at home, Tarzan raises Jad-bal-ja, who in adulthood is a magnificent black-maned golden lion devoted to the Ape Man.
Later Tarzan is drugged and ngngngthe priests of Opar, the lost colony of Atlantis that he had last visited in Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar. Once again La, the High Priestess of the Flaming God, who is consumed by her hopeless infatuation with Tarzan, rescues him. But when her people discover that she had betrayed them, she flees with Tarzan into the legendary Valley of Diamonds, where savage gorillas rule. The good news is that Tarzan and La are followed by the faithful Jad-bal-ja. The bad news is that they are also being trailed by Esteban Miranda, who happens to look exactly like Tarzan, who hopes to locate and loot Opar.
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, dated April-May 1969.
Copyright
The copyright for this story has expired in Australia, and thus now resides in the public domain there. The text is available via Project Gutenberg Australia.
References
- Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers. p. 67.
External links
- Edgar Rice Burroughs Summary Project page for Tarzan and the Golden Lion
- Text of the novel at Project Gutenberg Australia