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Summary: Tarzan returns to Opar, lost colony of Atlantis
Review: "Tarzan and the Golden Lion" was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1923 and is the 9th novel in the Tarzan series. Tarzan is drugged and delivered to the priest of Opar, the lost colony of Atlantis the Ape Man had visited in "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar." Once again he is rescued by La, the High Priestess of the Flaming God, who is consumed by her hopeless love for Tarzan. But when her people discovered she has betrayed them, Tarzan has to flee with La into the legendary Valley of Diamonds, where savage gorillas rule the jungle. The good news is that Tarzan and La are being followed by Jad-bal-ja, his faithful golden Lion. The bad news is that they are also being followed by Estaban Miranda, who happens to look exactly like Tarzan, but who is not a very nice fellow. Burroughs always thought that La was a better mate for Tarzan than Jane, which explains why he tried to kill off Tarzan's wife at one point in the series. Certainly Jad-bal-ja makes a better companion for the Lord of the Jungle than Cheetah. "Tarzan and the Golden Line" is an above average novel in the series, although the plot is somewhat repetitive of Tarzan's original adventure in Opar in the classic 5th novel.
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Summary: Tarzan returns to Opar, lost colony of Atlantis
Review: "Tarzan and the Golden Lion" was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1923 and is the 9th novel in the Tarzan series. Tarzan is drugged and delivered to the priest of Opar, the lost colony of Atlantis the Ape Man had visited in "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar." Once again he is rescued by La, the High Priestess of the Flaming God, who is consumed by her hopeless love for Tarzan. But when her people discovered she has betrayed them, Tarzan has to flee with La into the legendary Valley of Diamonds, where savage gorillas rule the jungle. The good news is that Tarzan and La are being followed by Jad-bal-ja, his faithful golden Lion. The bad news is that they are also being followed by Estaban Miranda, who happens to look exactly like Tarzan, but who is not a very nice fellow. Burroughs always thought that La was a better mate for Tarzan than Jane, which explains why he tried to kill off Tarzan's wife at one point in the series. Certainly Jad-bal-ja makes a better companion for the Lord of the Jungle than Cheetah. "Tarzan and the Golden Line" is an above average novel in the series, although the plot is somewhat repetitive of Tarzan's original adventure in Opar in the classic 5th novel.
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Summary: My Favorite Tarzan Novel
Review: This book was originally published in 1923 and is the 9th novel in the Tarzan series. As a pre-teen and teenager, it was my favorite Tarzan book simply because of Jad-Bal-Ja, the golden lion of the title. Heck, I had a pet dog I ran around with; Tarzan got to run around with a lion.In the book, Tarzan finds himself in Opar, a remnant of the lost city of Atlantis (he's bee here before in "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar"). He's not exactly a popular guy in Opar and is rescued from certain death (is there any other kind in these books) by La, the High Priestess of Opar who just happens to be in love with Tarzan. They are forced to flee together into the Valley of Diamonds, which just happens to be ruled by some very nasty gorillas. Fortunately for Tarzan, Jad-bal-ja is on his trail and arrives in the nick of time. While this is still a favorite of mine, it contains a plot twist that I always thought was one of ERB's worst. Estaban Miranda is a Spaniard, who happens to look just like Tarzan, and somehow keeps managing to fool a lot of other characters. It just never made much sense that even if he looked like Tarzan, he could so easily get away with imitating the Lord of the Jungle.
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