To Catch a King
About this book
THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO is a great book recounting the story of a pair of man-eating predator lions that the author and his team killed, known as the Tsavo Man-eaters. Following the death of the lions, the book tells many stories concerning local wildlife (including other lions), local tribes, the discovery of the man-eaters' cave, and various hunting expeditions. There is also good advice to sports-men visiting Africa. Several publications about and studies of the man-eating lions of Tsavo have been inspired by Patterson's account. The book has been adapted to film three times - a monochrome British film of the 1950's, a 1952 3-D film titled Bwana Devil, and a 1996 color version called The Ghost and the Darkness, where Val Kilmer played the daring engineer who hunts down the lions of Tsavo.
Reader Profile
3.8/5 · 3 readers · 254 pages · ≈ 4 h 42 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read To Catch a King?
About ≈ 4 h 42 m — 254 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is To Catch a King?
254 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is To Catch a King?
It sits on the Spy Fiction, Adventure, Thriller shelves.
Is To Catch a King in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in To Catch a King?
The main characters include Edward Windsor Duke of (1894-1972), Walter Schellenberg (1910-1952).
Who wrote To Catch a King?
Henry Patterson.