H. Rider Haggard
41) Jess
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This rattling 1887 action-adventure set in Africa's Transvaal region appeared the same year as Haggard's She. During the first Boer War, Captain John Niel plans to settle down on Silas Croft's farm, but falls into a love triangle with his nieces. And, to further complicate Niel's situation, he also must protect one of the nieces from a lecherous megalomaniac.
42) Love Eternal
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H. Rider Haggard tells the fascinating story of two children whose affinity with each other goes far beyond earthly love. As they mature, their parents oppose their marriage. They are forced to live apart but stay connected in spirit until every impediment to their union vanishes, and they can be together again in the real world.
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The book offers a detailed account of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, which was fought between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa. Haggard, who served as a special commissioner during the conflict, provides an insider's view of the war and the key figures involved, including the Zulu King Cetshwayo and the British commanders Lord Chelmsford and Sir Garnet Wolseley. He also explores the historical and cultural context of the conflict,...
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In the fourth and final book in the She sequence, the beautiful and immortal Ayesha tells her tale of power, wisdom, love, and deception, in her own words. Arabian by birth, Ayesha's natural beauty was the cause in her father's kingdom of many wars and conflicts between jealous princes and suitors, leading to a rumour that she was cursed. Swearing an oath of celibacy, to serve Isis the Goddess of the Spirit of Nature and turn away from Aphrodite the...
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Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Here is the story of Allan's first true love, Marie Marais.
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There is a man who has lost his wife and daughter. He is the sole survivor in the accident and feels great guilt. And in this guilt, he begins to drink more and more each day. Then one day as the man was contemplating suicide, a stranger named Joren comes along and tells him not to worry. He tells him of reincarnated souls, of a life beyond the mortal one, and he teaches the man to transcend his physical body. But will he like what he finds on the...
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In the fourth and final book in the She sequence, the beautiful and immortal Ayesha tells her tale of power, wisdom, love, and deception, in her own words. Arabian by birth, Ayesha's natural beauty was the cause in her father's kingdom of many wars and conflicts between jealous princes and suitors, leading to a rumour that she was cursed. Swearing an oath of celibacy, to serve Isis the Goddess of the Spirit of Nature and turn away from Aphrodite the...
48) Maiwa's Revenge
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"Our old friend Allan Quatermain" (Publishers Weekly) returns in this fourth (1888) volume of globe-trotting derring-do. Allan narrates the tale of a Zulu woman who, during a hunt for African ivory, seeks his protection-and swears vengeance for the murder of her child.
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Haggard was commissioned to write this 1910 work by his friend William Booth, the founder and first general of the Salvation Army. Haggard took the assignment seriously, traveling throughout England to gather first-hand observations of the Salvation Army in action; describing such institutions as shelters, free breakfast services, women's and men's social work, hospitals, and the anti-suicide bureau.
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Henry Rider Haggard loves to focus on adventure stories in Africa. In this story, he paid attention to love, magic and faith. At the heart of the story is the father who lost his daughter, due to the attack of the barbarians. The author well emphasizes the fact that faith can defeat savagery in this world and save from death.
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An Egyptian prince and a Hebrew woman find love and adventure in this dramatic take on the classic Exodus tale from the author of King's Solomon's Mines.
Ana, a scribe on his deathbed, narrates this tale of ancient Egypt and the biblical Exodus of the Hebrews. Ana tells of his childhood friend, Prince Seti, heir apparent to the pharaoh, and his travails. First, he is forced to marry his cousin. Then, his father disinherits him for thwarting his...
52) Fair Margaret
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In the turbulent reign of King Henry VII, Peter Brome finds himself with a soldier's blood on his hands -- blood the Spanish ambassador's men demand be repaid. Poor and fatherless, Peter delivered the killing blow in self-defence -- and because of his helpless love for Margaret -- dark-eyed daughter of John Castell, the kindly and wealthy merchant who has overseen his upbringing. Now another pursues fair Margaret -- the powerful Marquis d'Aguilar...
53) She and Allan
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Longman, Green & Co.
Pub. Date
2023
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She and Allan is one of H. Rider Haggard's most exciting novels of adventure and romance. In bringing together two of his most compelling characters, Allan Quatermain, the quirky English Big-Game hunter and explorer, and the seductive and iconic supernatural African Queen Ayesha, or popularly known as "she-who-must-be-obeyed," Haggard has created one of the most exciting stories in his body of work.
When Allan Quatermain seeks out the Zulu witch-doctor...
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Spencer Blackett
Pub. Date
2023
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (1856-1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly the African Transvaal, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. Initially debuting as the main protagonist in Haggard's most well-known novel King Solomon's Mines, Allen Quatermain continued in Haggard's fiction writing as one of the great adventurer-heroes of English literature. Hunter Quatermain's Story tells...
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Standard Ebooks
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2023
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King Solomon’s Mines was published in September 1885, becoming an immediate best seller by tapping into people’s excitement for the unknown: in this case, the unexplored regions of Africa.
Haggard wrote the novel in a very short period, between six and sixteen months, on a bet with his brother to try to match Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. In the process he created a new literary genre known as the “Lost
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"Wisdom's Daughter: The Life and Love Story of She-Who-Must-be-Obeyed" is a novel by H. Rider Haggard. It was first published in 1923 and is the sequel to his earlier novel "She". The book continues the story of Ayesha, also known as "She-Who-Must-be-Obeyed", who is an immortal sorceress with great power and knowledge. Ayesha is a complex character who is both beautiful and dangerous, and she has a mysterious and compelling personality that draws...
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Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. In this the fourth Quartermain book we watch with Allan as a Zulu Woman takes her revenge!