Courtney Family Tree
James ‘Jim’ Archibald Courtney
Also Known As: Jim, Samoya
Birthdate / Deathdate: 1711–1774
Books: Blue Horizon,
A baby in Blue Horizon, Jim’s life is threatened by Guy Courtney, whose ambitions are thwarted by his mother, Sarah. As an adult and living in Cape Hope, Jim meets and falls in love with Louisa Leuven, a prisoner of the Dutch East India Company. He frees her and the two escape across Africa.
'At the close of Monsoon Tom Courtney and his brother Dorian battled on the high seas and finally reached the Cape of Good Hope to start life afresh.
In this spellbinding new novel, the next generation of Courtneys are out to stake their claim in Southern Africa, travelling along the infamous 'Robber's Road'.'
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