Background
HAGGARD, Henry Rider was born on June 22, 1856 in Bradenham, Norfolk. 6th son of William Meybohm Rider Haggard, Bradenham Hall.
(This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic lite...)
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare’s finesse to Oscar Wilde’s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim’s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library.
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( These three great novels of African adventure continue ...)
These three great novels of African adventure continue to be favorite reading of those who love a thrilling tale. Perhaps the reason that they continue to be part of the public imagination, delighting each new generation afresh, is that they are filled with qualities close to the human heart: adventure, discovery, desire for immortality, terror, the search for the primitive . . . for what is unadorned by civilization. As Kipling said of Haggard's work, "It goes, and it grips, and it moves with all the freshness of youth." Haggard had lived for many years among primitive peoples in Africa, and his knowledge of the Dark Continent was matched by few men. Yet beyond his personal knowledge of Africa, his experience of savage life and wild lands, and his faculty for making us believe impossible tales ― lies a feeling for the supernatural. Adventure alone was not enough for Haggard. As he said, "The thing must have a heart; mere adventures are not enough ― I can turn them out by the peck." About "She," one of the great mythical creations of the late 19th century, he said, "The only clear notion that I had was that of an immortal woman inspired by immortal love . . . and it came―it came faster than my poor aching hand could set it down." Kipling simply said, "You did not write 'She,' you know. Something wrote it through you." His novels have been called parables, asking "What are science, learning, and consciousness of knowledge and power, in the face of Omnipotence?" They have been called romance. And they have been called excitingly alive and imaginative by almost everyone who has ever picked up a volume, from R. L. Stevenson to George Orwell. "Do any of the moderns equal H. Rider Haggard as spinners of suspense yarns?" ― Los Angeles Times "Haggard could spin a yarn so full of suspense and color that you couldn't put the story down." ― Washington Post
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(The great man of Africa strides out with two more adventu...)
The great man of Africa strides out with two more adventures This is the third volume of the collected adventures of Allan Quatermain-hunter, trader, explorer and adventurer-set once again in the exotic landscape of nineteenth century South East Africa at a time when the continent was still truly 'dark'. Quatermain here ventures once more into the ever perilous lands of the mighty Zulu nation and there in 'The Child of the Storm', the first tale in this book he finds himself embroiled with a femme fatale, intrigue, treachery, sorcery and a battle for the throne of the kingship of the Zulu nation which erupts in into full scale civil war. In the second story 'Allan and the Holy Flower', our hero finds himself on the potentially more gentle activity of the quest for a rare orchid. Perhaps predictably that also involves conflict with slavers, abductions, fierce tribes, cannibalism and a demon god in the form of a giant gorilla.
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(Allan Quatermain, H. Rider Haggard’s famous protagonist, ...)
Allan Quatermain, H. Rider Haggard’s famous protagonist, is an English-born, professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa. Largely considered to be the character on which Indiana Jones was based, at the beginning of this adventure Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back to the wilderness. He persuades some old friends to embark on a grueling expedition to find a lost East African kingdom—involving sensational fights, terrible dangers, and extraordinary escapes.
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(Quatermain and Umslopogaas embark on more adventures Thi...)
Quatermain and Umslopogaas embark on more adventures This is volume seven, the final book of the Leonaur complete adventures of Allan Quatermain, H. Rider Haggard's famous adventurer, guide, trader and big game hunter-the consummate white man on the Dark Continent of the nineteenth century. This volume contains four shorter stories as well as the seventeenth adventure, 'Allan and the Ice Gods' and the eighteenth, Nada the Lily. Both, predictably encompass all the vital ingredients that make a Quatermain story such compulsive reading. Haggard also devoted a novel to the origins and early adventures of Quatermain's stalwart Zulu warrior companion, the mighty Umslopogaas. Although the tale only references Quatermain its principal character is an essential and important component of the Quatermain saga and so his story deserves its place in this collection. Readers will also be delighted to learn that 'Nada the Lily' is highly regarded in the Haggard canon and will deliver a satisfying, riveting and exciting read in its own right.
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(Allan Quatermain and a group of fellow adventurers set ou...)
Allan Quatermain and a group of fellow adventurers set out to find a missing member of their party. This is the beginning of their adventures in an unfamiliar and unexplored region of inner Africa. The first adventure novel to take place in Africa, King Solomons Mines achieved wide-spread popularity as soon as it was published in 1885.
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( We have met the intrepid hunter-tracker Allan Quatermai...)
We have met the intrepid hunter-tracker Allan Quatermain before, in H. Rider Haggard's marvelous King Solomon's Mines. This time, grieving from the tragic loss of his son, Quatermain longs to return to his beloved Africa. He sets out in search of a lost white tribe, the Zu-Vendis, ruled by two beautiful sister Queens. Once again, Quatermain's companions are the indefatigable Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good, and the magnificent Zulu warrior Umslopogaas. The journey is incredibly dangerous, and thrillingly told. After a fantastic underground journey by canoe, our heroes are embroiled in a bloody civil war when both queens fall in love with the irresistibly handsome Curtis.
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(Lost treasure, the roar of the lion and high adventure! ...)
Lost treasure, the roar of the lion and high adventure! These are the first two adventures of H. Rider Haggard's famous character-Allan Quatermain. Quatermain is the ultimate white man in Africa―the Great White Hunter, adventurer and guide. These are stories brim full of action, romance, big game hunting, hairsbreadth escapes from dangerous animals and the fierce peoples of the Dark Continent, fantastical landscapes and strange hidden cultures―with lost cities from a time when vast expanses of this mysterious land remained untrodden by the feet of Western man and it seemed that anything was yet possible. In this first volume of the complete Quatermain novels and short stories―available from Leonaur in hard and soft cover―are the ever popular 'King Solomon’s Mines' and 'Allan Quatermain'. These books will be a joy for all collectors who will relish the opportunity to own all the adventures in a coordinated collection.
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(Excerpt from Eric Brighteyes Madam, You have graciously...)
Excerpt from Eric Brighteyes Madam, You have graciously conveyed to me the intelligence that during the weary weeks spent far from his home - in alternate hope and fear, in suffering and mortal trial - a Prince whose memory all men must reverence, the Emperor Frederick, found pleasure in the reading of my stories: that "they interested and fascinated him." While the world was watching daily at the bedside of your Majesty's Imperial husband, while many were endeavouring to learn courage in our supremest need from the spectacle of that heroic patience, a distant writer little knew that it had been his fortune to bring to such a sufferer an hour's forgetfulness of sorrow and pain. The knowledge, to an author, is far dearer than any praise, and it is in gratitude that, with your Majesty's permission, I venture to dedicate to you the tale of "Eric Brighteyes." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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("Eric Brighteyes" is a romance founded on the Icelandic S...)
"Eric Brighteyes" is a romance founded on the Icelandic Sagas. "What is a saga?" "Is it a fable or a true story?" The answer is not altogether simple. For such sagas as those of Burnt Njal and Grettir the Strong partake both of truth and fiction: historians dispute as to the proportions. This was the manner of the saga's growth: In the early days of the Iceland community—that republic of aristocrats—say, between the dates 900 and 1100 of our era, a quarrel would arise between two great families. As in the case of the Njal Saga, its cause, probably, was the ill doings of some noble woman. This quarrel would lead to manslaughter. Then blood called for blood, and a vendetta was set on foot that ended only with the death by violence of a majority of the actors in the drama and of large numbers of their adherents. In the course of the feud, men of heroic strength and mould would come to the front and perform deeds worthy of the iron age which bore them. Women also would help to fashion the tale, for good or ill, according to their natural gifts and characters. At last the tragedy was covered up by death and time, leaving only a few dinted shields and haunted cairns to tell of those who had played its leading parts.
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(Its hilt was of gold, and blue stones were set therein. S...)
Its hilt was of gold, and blue stones were set therein. So bright was its blade that no man could look on it for long. It was called Whitefire, and legend claimed it was Odin's sword, forged by dwarf-folk, and it shall belong to the golden-haried, starry-eyed giant Eric Brighteyes. Thorgrimur's son. In those days there was no man like him for strength, beauty and daring; in all these things, he was first. Howsoever, he was not the first in good luck. For his life was cursed by beautiful women: Gudruda the Fair was the name of one, and Swanhild, called the Fatherless, Groa the witch's daughter, was the other. They were half-sisters, and thee were none as fair as they, though they had nothing in common, except their blood and their hate for each other, and their determination to win Eric Brighteyes.
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(TOLKIEN'S BOOKSHELF #6 THE SAGA OF ERIC BRIGHTEYES – ILLU...)
TOLKIEN'S BOOKSHELF #6 THE SAGA OF ERIC BRIGHTEYES – ILLUSTRATED Rider Haggard is among a small selection of Victorian and Edwardian writers whom J.R.R. Tolkien acknowledged by name. In her introduction to this new edition Cecilia Dart-Thornton asserts, ‘Haggard’s classic is an action-packed adventure filled with Viking feasts duels, battles on land and sea, romance, treachery, magic, beautiful women and brave heroes. In a description that could be straight out of “The Lord of the Rings”, Haggard writes that Eric “was strong and great of stature, his hair was yellow as gold, and his grey eyes shone with the light of swords.”' ‘For both authors, landscape plays as important a part as any character, and is described in concise yet evocative language. Haggard plunges his readers among the dizzying precipices, waterfalls, fast flowing rivers, icy winters and stormy seas of his fantastic Iceland, much as Tolkien sweeps us into Middle-Earth.’ Enriched by almost sixty vibrant vignettes and illustrations by the hand of artist Lancelot Speed, this book is a close replica of the 1891 edition, published when Tolkien was one year old. He read it during the formative years of his youth, absorbing, no doubt, the lavish details of the pictures as he perused the tale. Speed was a highly accomplished and prolific fantasy illustrator during Tolkien's lifetime, and he illuminated many titles Tolkien is known to have read. A dwarf-forged sword wrested from Barrow Dwellers, its bright blade engraved with runes; the appellation: 'Ring-giver'; poetry and song; a hero with grey eyes - these and many more resemblances of style and content exist between Haggard's classic tale and 'The Lord of the Rings'.
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(The final volume in this stunning series of adventures in...)
The final volume in this stunning series of adventures in the distant past Rider Haggard is one of the most famous authors of adventure fiction in the English language. Almost everyone has heard of Allan Quatermain-the hero of King Solomon's Mines-and the beautiful, ruthless, magically immortal Ayesha-She 'who must be obeyed.' All of Haggard's novels and stories featuring both characters are available in handsome Leonaur editions. Haggard was a prolific writer so it is not surprising that only a few of his titles are widely known-and read-by an audience which would enjoy them all. The essential elements of his most famous creations-the great African continent and ancient civilisations, mysterious and exotic, mythical, imagined or real, are combined in a number of his novels and stories and these too have now been collected by Leonaur into a special four volume set-African Adventures. Readers will therefore be unsurprised to learn that Haggard could not resist writing a number of tales about ancient civilisations, or that in these he naturally gravitated towards the most evocative of them all-the world of the Ancient Egyptians and the other peoples of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. This is a stunning body of fiction which Leonaur has gathered together into a four volume set-each successive volume following a chronological time-line along the sweeping march of history. Lovers of Rider Haggard's tales of high adventure will find much to satisfy them in the first novel of this, the final volume in this special Leonaur four volume collection of nine of the author's forays into the ancient world. It is now 800 AD and the setting of this great Haggard adventure moves between Jutland in the chilly North to the 'New Rome', the dazzling Byzantine Empire and on to Egypt itself. The second novel here echoes the great Northern sagas in style and tells of the heroic Viking 'Eric Brighteyes' in around 999 AD. Available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket.
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(Eric Brighteyes - An Epic Viking Novel by H. Rider Haggar...)
Eric Brighteyes - An Epic Viking Novel by H. Rider Haggard. The Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic viking novel by H. Rider Haggard, and concerns the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th century Iceland. The novel was first published in 1890 by Longmans, Green & Company. It was illustrated by Lancelot Speed. Eric Thorgrimursson (nicknamed "Brighteyes" for his most notable trait), strives to win the hand of his beloved, Gudruda the Fair. Her father Asmund, a priest of the old Norse gods, opposes the match, thinking Eric a man without prospects. But deadlier by far are the intrigues of Swanhild, Gudruda's half-sister and a sorceress who desires Eric for herself. She persuades the chieftain Ospakar Blacktooth to woo Gudrida, making the two men enemies. Battles, intrigues, and treachery follow. The novel was an early example (and Haggard's introduction implies it was the first) of modern efforts in English at pastiching Viking saga literature. It clearly shows the influence of the pioneering saga translations by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson in the late 1860s. While it is perhaps not quite a match for Frans Gunnar Bengtsson's genre-defining 1941 novel Röde Orm (later expanded and better known as The Long Ships), Bengtsson had the advantage of being culturally closer to his sources. For saga pastiches originating in English, Eric Brighteyes set a standard of quality and fidelity to the saga style that remained unmatched until Poul Anderson's novel The Broken Sword, 60 years later.
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(Quatermain and Umslopogaas embark on more adventures Thi...)
Quatermain and Umslopogaas embark on more adventures This is volume seven, the final book of the Leonaur complete adventures of Allan Quatermain, H. Rider Haggard's famous adventurer, guide, trader and big game hunter-the consummate white man on the Dark Continent of the nineteenth century. This volume contains four shorter stories as well as the seventeenth adventure, 'Allan and the Ice Gods' and the eighteenth, Nada the Lily. Both, predictably encompass all the vital ingredients that make a Quatermain story such compulsive reading. Haggard also devoted a novel to the origins and early adventures of Quatermain's stalwart Zulu warrior companion, the mighty Umslopogaas. Although the tale only references Quatermain its principal character is an essential and important component of the Quatermain saga and so his story deserves its place in this collection. Readers will also be delighted to learn that 'Nada the Lily' is highly regarded in the Haggard canon and will deliver a satisfying, riveting and exciting read in its own right.
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( "For I will call you by the name that for fifty years h...)
"For I will call you by the name that for fifty years has been honoured by every tribe between Zambesi and Cape Agulbas,-I greet you! Sompseu, my father, I have written a book that tells of men and matters of which you know the most of any who still look upon the light; therefore, I set your name within that book and, such as it is, I offer it to you. If you knew not Chaka, you and he have seen the same suns shine, you knew his brother Panda and his captains, and perhaps even that very Mopo who tells this tale, his servant, who slew him with the Princes. You have seen the circle of the witch-doctors and the unconquerable Zulu impis rushing to war; you have crowned their kings and shared their counsels, and with your son's blood you have expiated a statesman's error and a general's fault."
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(Sompseu: For I will call you by the name that for fifty y...)
Sompseu: For I will call you by the name that for fifty years has been honoured by every tribe between Zambesi and Cape Agulbas,—I greet you! Sompseu, my father, I have written a book that tells of men and matters of which you know the most of any who still look upon the light; therefore, I set your name within that book and, such as it is, I offer it to you. If you knew not Chaka, you and he have seen the same suns shine, you knew his brother Panda and his captains, and perhaps even that very Mopo who tells this tale, his servant, who slew him with the Princes. You have seen the circle of the witch-doctors and the unconquerable Zulu impis rushing to war; you have crowned their kings and shared their counsels, and with your son's blood you have expiated a statesman's error and a general's fault. Sompseu, a song has been sung in my ears of how first you mastered this people of the Zulu. Is it not true, my father, that for long hours you sat silent and alone, while three thousand warriors shouted for your life? And when they grew weary, did you not stand and say, pointing towards the ocean: "Kill me if you wish, men of Cetywayo, but I tell you that for every drop of my blood a hundred avengers shall rise from yonder sea!" Then, so it was told me, the regiments turned staring towards the Black Water, as though the day of Ulundi had already come and they saw the white slayers creeping across the plains. Thus, Sompseu, your name became great among the people of the Zulu, as already it was great among many another tribe, and their nobles did you homage, and they gave you the Bayete, the royal salute, declaring by the mouth of their Council that in you dwelt the spirit of Chaka. Many years have gone by since then, and now you are old, my father. It is many years even since I was a boy, and followed you when you went up among the Boers and took their country for the Queen. Why did you do this, my father? I will answer, who know the truth. You did it because, had it not been done, the Zulus would have stamped out the Boers. Were not Cetywayo's impis gathered against the land, and was it not because it became the Queen's land that at your word he sent them murmuring to their kraals?[1] To save bloodshed you annexed the country beyond the Vaal. Perhaps it had been better to leave it, since "Death chooses for himself," and after all there was killing—of our own people, and with the killing, shame. But in those days we did not guess what we should live to see, and of Majuba we thought only as a little hill! Enemies have borne false witness against you on this matter, Sompseu, you who never erred except through over kindness. Yet what does that avail? When you have "gone beyond" it will be forgotten, since the sting of ingratitude passes and lies must wither like the winter veldt. Only your name will not be forgotten; as it was heard in life so it shall be heard in story, and I pray that, however humbly, mine may pass down with it. Chance has taken me by another path, and I must leave the ways of action that I love and bury myself in books, but the old days and friends are in my mind, nor while I have memory shall I forget them and you. Therefore, though it be for the last time, from far across the seas I speak to you, and lifting my hand I give your "Sibonga"[2] and that royal salute, to which, now that its kings are gone and the "People of Heaven" are no more a nation, with Her Majesty you are alone entitled:— Bayete! Baba, Nkosi ya makosi! Ngonyama! Indhlovu ai pendulwa! Wen' o wa vela wasi pata! Wen' o wa hlul' izizwe zonke za patwa nguive! Wa geina nge la Mabun' o wa ba hlul' u yedwa! Umsizi we zintandane e ziblupekayo! Si ya kuleka Baba! Bayete, T' Sompseu![3] and farewell! H. RIDER HAGGARD. To Sir Theophilus Shepstone, K.C.M.G., Natal. 13 September, 1891.
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(For I will call you by the name that for fifty years has ...)
For I will call you by the name that for fifty years has been honoured by every tribe between Zambesi and Cape Agulbas,—I greet you! Sompseu, my father, I have written a book that tells of men and matters of which you know the most of any who still look upon the light; therefore, I set your name within that book and, such as it is, I offer it to you. If you knew not Chaka, you and he have seen the same suns shine, you knew his brother Panda and his captains, and perhaps even that very Mopo who tells this tale, his servant, who slew him with the Princes. You have seen the circle of the witch-doctors and the unconquerable Zulu impis rushing to war; you have crowned their kings and shared their counsels, and with your son's blood you have expiated a statesman's error and a general's fault.
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(x, 182, 218, & 220 pages, illustrated with black and whit...)
x, 182, 218, & 220 pages, illustrated with black and white plates and with original colour wraps bound in
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( Henry Rider was a British Victorian writer known for hi...)
Henry Rider was a British Victorian writer known for his adventure novels set is exotic places. His writings are sympathetic to the natives. He often portrayed Africans as heroic in his stories, even though the main characters are usually European. This "lost race" novel begins as an exciting African adventure. Leonard Outram is a British adventurer who is in Africa seeking his fortune. He becomes part of the rescue of a Portuguese woman from a large slave camp. Leonard, his companion Otter, and the girl set off and find the people of the mist. They then impersonate gods and priests with the hope of getting the people's hoard of jewels.
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(Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary...)
Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past and can't be restored."Ê Well, over recent years, The British Library, working with Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collection of 19th century books. There are now 65,000Ê titles availableÊ (that's an incredible 25 million pages) of material ranging from works by famous names such asÊ Dickens, Trollope and Hardy as well as many forgotten literary gems , all of which can now be printed on demand and purchased right here on Amazon. Further information on The British Library and its digitisation programme can be found on The British Library website.
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(This historic book may have numerous typos and missing te...)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...selected. But different people have different tastes, and I think that he will suit Ellen admirably. You see, she will rule him, and she could never have got-on with a man who tried to be her master; also he is rich, and wealth is necessary to her comfort. I shall be very much surprised if she does not make a great success of her marriage." "Ellen would make a success of anything, mother--even of Edward Milward. I have a great admiration for Ellen, but somehow I do not envy my brother-inlaw his bargain, though he has married a lady, which, strictly speaking, is more than he deserves. However, I dare say that he will find his place." "I have no doubt that they will settle it to their mutual satisfaction, dear; and, to look at the matter from another point of view, it certainly is a relief to me to know that your sister is removed out of reach of our troubles here." And she sighed. "It has been a great struggle, Henry, to keep up appearances so far, and I was in constant fear lest something awful should happen before the marriage. One way and another, difficulties have been staved off; indeed, the fact that Ellen was going to become the wife of such a rich man--for he is very rich--has helped us a great deal. But now the money is done; I doubt if there is a hundred pounds to go on with, and what is to happen I am sure I do not know." Henry puffed at his pipe, staring into the fire, and made no answer. "I scarcely like to ask you, dear," Lady Graves went on presently, "but--have you in any way considered the matter of which we spoke together after your father's funeral?" "Yes, mother, I have considered--I have considered it a great deal." "And what...
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("Umgona's heart is white towards me. Towards Maputa it is...)
"Umgona's heart is white towards me. Towards Maputa it is black!" He is Nahoon, a proud captain among the Zulu -- and he stands trembling before King Cetywayo -- the "Elephant Who Shakes the Earth." Beside him is kindly Umgona, whose daughter Nahoon loves and desires in marriage. Yet Maputa, the Warden of the Crocodile Drift, desires the girl as well -- and threatens Umgona with many evils if denied! Can the king help? But it is a time of war . . . and King Cetywayo's cruel reply horrifies both lover and father! H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925), master tale-spinner of African adventure, here turns his pen toward tales of love, magic, and victorious faith, including the title story, "Black Heart and White Heart," as well as "Elissa," and "The Wizard."
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("Shameful, White Man!" gasped Maputa; "your words are tru...)
"Shameful, White Man!" gasped Maputa; "your words are true indeed. But wait a while. I, Maputa, will roll that stone over, I will throw that bull upon its back. When next the harvest ripens, this I promise, that neither Nahoon nor Umgona, nor any of his kraal shall be left to gather it." "And how will you manage that, Maputa?" "I do not know, but I will find a way. Oh! I tell you, a way shall be found." Hadden patted the pony's neck meditatively, then leaning forward, he looked the chief in the eyes and said:— "What will you give me, Maputa, if I show you that way, a sure and certain one, whereby you may be avenged to the death upon Nahoon, whose violence I also have seen, and upon Umgona, whose witchcraft brought sore sickness upon me?"
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(Sir Henry Rider Haggard is best known for his adventure n...)
Sir Henry Rider Haggard is best known for his adventure novels, especially King Solomon's Mines and She. Born in England, he emigrated to South Africa briefly, before returning to seek a legal career. He eventually became one of the most popular British authors of all time.
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(The time was in or about the year 1544, when the Emperor ...)
The time was in or about the year 1544, when the Emperor Charles V. ruled the Netherlands, and our scene the city of Leyden. Any one who has visited this pleasant town knows that it lies in the midst of wide, flat meadows, and is intersected by many canals filled with Rhine water. But now, as it was winter, near to Christmas indeed, the meadows and the quaint gabled roofs of the city lay buried beneath a dazzling sheet of snow, while, instead of boats and barges, skaters glided up and down the frozen surface of the canals, which were swept for their convenience. Outside the walls of the town, not far from the Morsch poort, or gate, the surface of the broad moat which surrounded them presented a sight as gay as it was charming. Just here one of the branches of the Rhine ran into this moat, and down it came the pleasure-seekers in sledges, on skates, or afoot. They were dressed, most of them, in their best attire, for the day was a holiday set apart for a kind of skating carnival, with sleighing matches, such games as curling, and other amusements. Among these merry folk might have been seen a young lady of two or three and twenty years of age, dressed in a coat of dark green cloth trimmed with fur, and close-fitting at the waist. This coat opened in front, showing a broidered woollen skirt, but over the bust it was tightly buttoned and surmounted by a stiff ruff of Brussels lace. Upon her head she wore a high-crowned beaver hat, to which the nodding ostrich feather was fastened by a jewelled ornament of sufficient value to show that she was a person of some means. In fact, this lady was the only child of a sea captain and shipowner named Carolus van Hout, who, whilst still a middle-aged man, had died about a year before, leaving her heiress to a very considerable fortune. This circumstance, with the added advantages of a very pretty face, in which were set two deep and thoughtful grey eyes, and a figure more graceful than was common among the Netherlander women, caused Lysbeth van Hout to be much sought after and admired, especially by the marriageable bachelors of Leyden. On this occasion, however, she was unescorted except by a serving woman somewhat older than herself, a native of Brussels, Greta by name, who in appearance was as attractive as in manner she was suspiciously discreet. As Lysbeth skated down the canal towards the moat many of the good burghers of Leyden took off their caps to her, especially the young burghers, one or two of whom had hopes that she would choose them to be her cavalier for this day's fete. Some of the elders, also, asked her if she would care to join their parties, thinking that, as she was an orphan without near male relations, she might be glad of their protection in times when it was wise for beautiful young women to be protected. With this excuse and that, however, she escaped from them all, for Lysbeth had already made her own arrangements.
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(The final volume in this classic Haggard Historical ficti...)
The final volume in this classic Haggard Historical fiction collection There are few who have heard of H. Rider Haggard's novels who do not know his principal character-Allan Quatermain-the archetypal white man in Africa. Here was a hero who would take on a Zulu Impi, a charging rhinoceros, a giant gorilla God, a lost tribe, slavers, a magical eternal queen, malign spirits and still come back for more-bringing a host of readers with him. In short, Haggard knew what it took to write a good adventure which is why some of his books have been among the most popular in modern times. Haggard was a prolific author: aside from the Quatermain stories, he produced a sequence of novels concerning the ancient world, four featuring his other great character, Ayesha-'She who must be obeyed'-and a collection of adventure novels taking Africa as their stage but without the presence of Quatermain. All are excellent. In Haggard's lifetime his public eagerly awaited his next book, but today, while many are aware of his reputation, that knowledge often applies to but a small proportion of the reading enjoyment his books have to offer. Fortunately Leonaur now publish most of these works in matching sets at great value by combining two or more novels in each volume. Now Leonaur is pleased to offer Haggard's historical adventure series. Predictably Haggard's inventive pen was able to create several more lead characters of the stamp of Quatermain and they populate many of the ages of history with gripping adventures set against momentous events in many lands. The final volume of this four volume Leonaur collection contains a single substantial novel, Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch. It is the time of 'The Eight Years War,' a religious conflict raging in the Low Countries as Spain sought to dominate the region with influence and religion. Set principally between the years 1571-74 this colourful tale embraces the sieges of Haarlem and Leyden. This is a gripping story of a young Dutch heroine and her cousin in a time of war, rebellion, pestilence and the shadow of the scaffold in the time of the Emperor Charles V.
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("[...]somewhat older than herself, a native of Brussels, ...)
"[...]somewhat older than herself, a native of Brussels, Greta by name, who in appearance was as attractive as in manner she was suspiciously discreet. As Lysbeth skated down the canal towards the moat many of the good burghers of Leyden took off their caps to her, especially the young burghers, one or two of whom had hopes that she would choose them to be her cavalier for this day's fete. Some of the elders, also, asked her if she would care to join their parties, thinking that, as she was an orphan without near male relations, she might be glad of their protection in times when it was wise for beautiful young women to be protected. With this excuse and that, however, she escaped from them all, for Lysbeth had already made her own arrangements. At that date there was living in Leyden a young man of four or five and twenty, named Dirk van Goorl, a distant cousin of her own. Dirk was a native of [...]".
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(English counties, comprising an area of about 549,000 acr...)
English counties, comprising an area of about 549,000 acres, with a greatest length of fifty and a greatest breadth of about thirty miles. The Fenland, known generally as theB edford Level, lies in the central and northern parts of the county, where also is the I sle of Ely, although it can no longer be called an island. In Cambridgeshire are to be found various sorts of soils, such as loam, chalk, and clay. Those with a chalk subsoil are called Whitelands, and are very fertile when sown with beans and wheat, the latter being of excellent quality. At one time, indeed, the seed wheat from Burwell was in general demand as some of the finest produced in the whole country. In the valley of the Cam is much grass, and this part of the county has been named The Dairies after its prevailing industry. In the south of the shire is some rising ground, but none of the hills are high. Cambridge, so far as rainfall is concerned, is one of the driest counties, having an average of only twenty-two inches. The climate on the Uplands is healthy; in the Fens, however, fever and ague exist still, though these complaints are far less common than they used to be. There are three classes of land inC ambridgeshire the Uplands, theS kirtlands (which border the Fens), and the Fenlands proper. Of these three the Fenlands have felt the VOL. n. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.
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(Excerpt from Rural England, Vol. 2 of 2: Being an Account...)
Excerpt from Rural England, Vol. 2 of 2: Being an Account of Agricultural and Social Researches Carried Out in the Years 1901& 1902 Cambridgeshire is one of the smaller English counties, comprising an area of about 549,000 acres, with a greatest length of fifty and a greatest breadth of about thirty miles. The Fenland, known generally as the Bedford Level, lies in the central and northern parts of the county, where also is the Isle of Ely, although it can no longer be called an island. In Cambridgeshire are to be found various sorts of soils, such as loam, chalk, and clay. Those with a chalk subsoil are called 'Whitelands,' and are very fertile when sown with beans and wheat, the latter being of excellent quality. At one time, indeed, the seed wheat from Burwell was in general demand as some of the finest produced in the whole country. In the valley of the Cam is much grass, and this part of the county has been named 'The Dairies,' after its prevailing industry. In the south of the shire is some rising ground, but none of the hills are high. Cambridge, so far as rainfall is concerned, is one of the driest counties, having an average of only twenty-two inches. The climate on the Uplands is healthy; in the Fens, however, fever and ague exist still, though these complaints are far less common than they used to be. There are three classes of land in Cambridgeshire-the Uplands, the Skirtlands (which border the Fens), and the Fenlands proper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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(Pearl-Maiden - A Tale of The Fall of Jerusalem by H. Ride...)
Pearl-Maiden - A Tale of The Fall of Jerusalem by H. Rider Haggard. This is the story of Miriam, an orphan Christian woman living in Rome in the first century. It was but two hours after midnight, yet many were wakeful in Cæsarea on the Syrian coast. Herod Agrippa, King of all Palestine—by grace of the Romans—now at the very apex of his power, celebrated a festival in honour of the Emperor Claudius, to which had flocked all the mightiest in the land and tens of thousands of the people. The city was full of them, their camps were set upon the sea-beach and for miles around; there was no room at the inns or in the private houses, where guests slept upon the roofs, the couches, the floors, and in the gardens. The great town hummed like a hive of bees disturbed after sunset, and though the louder sounds of revelling had died away, parties of feasters, many of them still crowned with fading roses, passed along the streets shouting and singing to their lodgings. As they went, they discussed—those of them who were sufficiently sober—the incidents of that day's games in the great circus, and offered or accepted odds upon the more exciting events of the morrow. The captives in the prison that was set upon a little hill, a frowning building of brown stone, divided into courts and surrounded by a high wall and a ditch, could hear the workmen at their labours in the amphitheatre below. These sounds interested them, since many of those who listened were doomed to take a leading part in the spectacle of this new day. In the outer court, for instance, were a hundred men called malefactors, for the most part Jews convicted of various political offences. These were to fight against twice their number of savage Arabs of the desert taken in a frontier raid, people whom to-day we should know as Bedouins, mounted and armed with swords and lances, but wearing no mail. The malefactor Jews, by way of compensation, were to be protected with heavy armour and ample shields. Their combat was to last for twenty minutes by the sand-glass, when, unless they had shown cowardice, those who were left alive of either party were to receive their freedom. Indeed, by a kindly decree the King Agrippa, a man who did not seek unnecessary bloodshed, contrary to custom, even the wounded were to be spared, that is, if any would undertake the care of them. Under these circumstances, since life is sweet, all had determined to fight their best.
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(It was but two hours after midnight, yet many were wakefu...)
It was but two hours after midnight, yet many were wakeful in Cæsarea on the Syrian coast. Herod Agrippa, King of all Palestine—by grace of the Romans—now at the very apex of his power, celebrated a festival in honour of the Emperor Claudius, to which had flocked all the mightiest in the land and tens of thousands of the people. The city was full of them, their camps were set upon the sea-beach and for miles around; there was no room at the inns or in the private houses, where guests slept upon the roofs, the couches, the floors, and in the gardens. The great town hummed like a hive of bees disturbed after sunset, and though the louder sounds of revelling had died away, parties of feasters, many of them still crowned with fading roses, passed along the streets shouting and singing to their lodgings. As they went, they discussed—those of them who were sufficiently sober—the incidents of that day's games in the great circus, and offered or accepted odds upon the more exciting events of the morrow.
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(Miriam is a Christian during a time when the Romans are f...)
Miriam is a Christian during a time when the Romans are feeding Christians to the lions. She is brought up by the Essenes for her parents died before she was a year old. There, she hides from the Romans, learning what the Essenes taught her in language and in arts. It turns out that she has a great talent for sculpture. And when a Roman named Marcus comes to investigate a murder in the Essenes' village, Miriam creates a sculpture of him as a gift. It is because they have a great affection for each other. Unfortunately, Marcus is a pagan, which means that Miriam cannot marry him. Amongst plots to overthrow Rome, assassinations, and revolt, will their love survive it all? And can they overcome their differences to live happily ever after? H. Rider Haggard was an English author known for his fantastic adventure stories as well as his sympathetic portrayal of native peoples. He is best known for creating the fictional character Allan Quartermain. A character that has been resurrected as a comic book hero in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Sean Connery played the role of Allan Quartermain in the film adaptation of the comic. The Pearl Maiden is considered a companion piece to Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus.
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(Looking at him she wondered where she had seen his face, ...)
Looking at him she wondered where she had seen his face, which seemed familiar to her. Then there rose before her mind a vision of the Court of the Sanhedrim sitting in the cloisters of the Temple, and of herself standing there before them. She remembered that this man was seated next to that Simeon who had been so bitter against her and pronounced upon her the cruel sentence of death, also that some one in the crowd had addressed him as Simon, the son of Gioras, none other than the savage general whom the Jews had admitted into the city to make way upon the Zealot, John of Gischala. From that day to this she had heard nothing of him till now they met again, the judge and the victim, caught in a common net. Presently, in the confusion they were brought together and he knew her.
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(186, 182 and 192 pages, all with original illustrated sof...)
186, 182 and 192 pages, all with original illustrated soft covers and advertisements at the front, additional article and black and white illustrations in the first two novels,
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(The third volume of a special Leonaur collection of fanta...)
The third volume of a special Leonaur collection of fantastic stories H. Rider Haggard's ability to give his audience a good tale well told is not in question. He was one of the most popular authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and some of his novels are well known-at least by title-to almost everyone. His story of Ayesha-'she who must be obeyed'- has been filmed and in its day was one of the best selling novels ever. King Solomon's Mines, introduced the public to the little, wiry, white hunter Allan Quatermain. It too became instantly popular and the character went on to feature in a host of different adventures on the dark continent as well as on the silver screen several times. Leonaur have gathered together several Haggard collections for modern readers to enjoy. There is, of course, the two volume Ayesha quartet, but also the Quatermain series, the African Adventures series, the Historical Adventure series and the series of adventures set in the Ancient World. Irrespective of his central theme Haggard was never one to shy away from elements of the supernatural or fantastical, witches, ghosts, familiar spirits, god gorillas and the like appear unquestioned in even the most realistic of his stories. So it is less than surprising that Haggard also produced a body of work that positions itself uncompromisingly in the realms of the incredible. This special four volume collection from Leonaur gathers together those stories-each book featuring one novel and one or more shorter works-in a satisfying four volume set for his many aficionados to collect and relish. Available in soft cover and hard back with dust jacket. In volume three the first story is the novel, Stella Fregelius-a fantastic tale of telepathy, psychic powers and supernatural communication with the dead. It is accompanied here by Smith and the Pharaoh's and Only a Dream. Smith is an archaeologist who finds himself locked inside the Cairo Museum for the night. There he is placed on trial for grave robbing by the ancient Egyptians in an eerie tale that is also not without its elements of humour. Only a Dream is a short 'chiller,' almost a homage to Poe, in which a prospective husband is visited by the spirit of his first wife on the eve of his marriage to the second.
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(Stella Fregelius - A Tale of Three Destinies - H. Rider H...)
Stella Fregelius - A Tale of Three Destinies - H. Rider Haggard – World Classics. This supernatural love story features a device that induces telepathy between sympathetic parties and ultimately leads to communication with the dead. The author feels that he owes some apology to his readers for his boldness in offering to them a modest story which is in no sense a romance of the character that perhaps they expect from him; which has, moreover, few exciting incidents and no climax of the accustomed order, since the end of it only indicates its real beginning. His excuse must be that, in the first instance, he wrote it purely to please himself and now publishes it in the hope that it may please some others. The problem of such a conflict, common enough mayhap did we but know it, between a departed and a present personality, of which the battle-ground is a bereaved human heart and the prize its complete possession; between earthly duty and spiritual desire also; was one that had long attracted him. Finding at length a few months of leisure, he treated the difficult theme, not indeed as he would have wished to do, but as best he could. He may explain further that when he drafted this book, now some five years ago, instruments of the nature of the "aerophone" were not so much talked of as they are to-day. In fact this aerophone has little to do with his characters or their history, and the main motive of its introduction to his pages was to suggest how powerless are all such material means to bring within mortal reach the transcendental and unearthly ends which, with their aid, were attempted by Morris Monk. These, as that dreamer learned, must be far otherwise obtained, whether in truth and spirit, or perchance, in visions only.
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(My Dear John Berwick, When you read her history in MS. yo...)
My Dear John Berwick, When you read her history in MS. you thought well of "Stella Fregelius" and urged her introduction to the world. Therefore I ask you, my severe and accomplished critic, to accept the burden of a book for which you are to some extent responsible. Whatever its fate, at least it has pleased you and therefore has not been written quite in vain. H. Rider Haggard. Ditchingham, 25th August, 1903.
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("[...]spirit, or perchance, in visions only. 1903. STELLA...)
"[...]spirit, or perchance, in visions only. 1903. STELLA FREGELIUS CHAPTER I MORRIS, MARY, AND THE AEROPHONE Above, the sky seemed one vast arc of solemn blue, set here and there with points of [...]".
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( "I die not. I shall come again, and shall once more be ...)
"I die not. I shall come again, and shall once more be beautiful. I swear it—it is true!" — SHE Ayesha's strange last words before her apparent death in She (Dover 0-486-20643-2), Haggard's famous story of adventure, suspense, and the supernatural, come true. Guided by a vision, Leo Vincey, with his companion Holly, searches and finally finds his beloved. Ayesha: The Return of "She" concludes this incredible and thrilling drama of mystery, reincarnation, and immortal love. The English novelist Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) is one of the few popular writers who created their own mythological worlds. Ayesha, one of the great mythical creations of the late 19th century, continues to fascinate generations of readers. As Haggard writes, "Who and what was Ayesha, nay—what is Ayesha? An incarnate essence, a materialized spirit of Nature, the unforeseeing, the lovely, the cruel, and the immortal; ensouled alone, redeemable only by Humanity and its piteous sacrifice?" This book, which can be read by itself, continues to explore this mystery in a tale filled with exciting trials, ordeals, and exotic adventures in Asia. Haggard creates unique and memorable characters — Leo Vincey and Ludwig Horace Holly, both determined to find the object of their quest or die; the Khania Atene of Kaloon, obsessed with love for Leo, and perhaps a reincarnation of the ancient Egyptian princess, Amenartas; the Khan, her mad and insanely jealous husband, with his death-hounds; Simbri, an evil shaman, wizard, and magician; the Hesea of the House of Fire, the high priestess of a cult of Isia worshippers transplanted to Asia; and more. This edition also includes 47 bold and imaginative illustrations by the noted English illustrator and painter, Maurice Greiffenhagen (1862-1931). Haggard's novels have been called parables, asking "What are science, learning, and consciousness of knowledge and power, in the face of Omnipotence?" They have been called romance. And they have been called excitingly alive and imaginative by almost everyone from Robert Louis Stevenson to George Orwell.
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(All four classic novels of She-who must be obeyed-in two ...)
All four classic novels of She-who must be obeyed-in two special volumes Rider Haggard's fantastic tales out of Africa have few peers. His first novel of She is possibly one of the best known and has become one of the most popular novels ever. Yet She is just the first of four exciting adventures of mysticism, intrigue, love, war and power that feature the beautiful and immortal Ayesha. The first two novels collected in this special Leonaur volume, the first of a two book set of all four novels, are She and Ayesha, the Return of She. Both feature Cambridge professor Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey. The third novel, in the second volume, unites two of Haggard's most beloved characters-Allan Quatermain-the little, indestructible consummate 'white man in Africa'-trader, explorer and big game hunter and of course Ayesha herself in what is essentially a prequel to She. The final novel in volume two is Wisdom's Daughter. Of course all four novels are, true to the Haggard tradition, roller-coaster rides of action and thrills a-plenty to please his many aficionados. Available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors.
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(In this heart-stopping sequel to the classic novel "She,"...)
In this heart-stopping sequel to the classic novel "She," Allan Quatermain discovers a lost kingdom in the heart of Africa, ruled by the mysterious Ayesha. A haunting story of love and enchantment that spans the centuries to defy death and time.
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(Two Books in One (SHE and its sequel Ayesha - The Return ...)
Two Books in One (SHE and its sequel Ayesha - The Return of She) are in one volume. She, subtitled A History of Adventure, is a novel by Henry Rider Haggard, first serialized in The Graphic magazine from October 1886 to January 1887. She is one of the classics of imaginative literature, and with over 83 million copies sold in 44 different languages, one of the best-selling books of all time. Extraordinarily popular upon its release, She has never been out of print. According to the literary historian Andrew M. Stauffer, "She has always been Rider Haggard's most popular and influential novel. The second part of this book is a sequel to the first novel, is based on the characters from She: A History of Adventure, including the titular Ayesha, "She Who Must Be Obeyed", and picks up where the last ended. Leo Vincey and Horace Holly, the writer, are convinced that "She" did not perish at the end of the last book, in Africa. They are led by dreams, and coincidences to 'Thibet' (as it is spelled in the book). In Thibet, they meet an old monk, who knows something of this "She". He remembers her from the time of Alexander the Great, when his armies were there. He tries to dissuade the two from going on with their quest, and warns them that, however beautiful, nothing is immortal; even if She was born centuries ago in ancient Egypt; or, remembers it from a past life; or, had waited thousands of years for the reincarnation of her lover, whom she believes is Leo. The monk says she is demon or a fallen angel, or a mirage.
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( Ayesha is back in the thrilling sequel to She, bursting...)
Ayesha is back in the thrilling sequel to She, bursting with adventure, desire, and disaster Witnessing Ayesha’s dramatic demise, Horace Holly and Leo Vincey have not given up their hope of seeing her again after she promised in her last moments of life she would return. Still haunted by her presence 16 years later, they receive a vision that She has been reincarnated, so they set off on a dangerous journey through unchartered lands battling murderous tribes, avalanches, and glaciers before finally arriving in the court of Kaloon. Ruled by the evil Khan Rassen and his imperious wife, the Khania Atene, Kaloon is an uneasy, dangerous place and when Atene declares her love for Leo, disaster is soon on the cards, especially when Leo believes he has finally located Ayesha. Brimming with drama, passion, revenge, and adventure, this fitting sequel to a much-loved classic richly deserves a revival.
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(All four classic novels of She-who must be obeyed-in two ...)
All four classic novels of She-who must be obeyed-in two special volumes Rider Haggard's fantastic tales out of Africa have few peers. His first novel of She is possibly one of the best known and has become one of the most popular novels ever. Yet She is just the first of four exciting adventures of mysticism, intrigue, love, war and power that feature the beautiful and immortal Ayesha. The first ...
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(1986 Hardback in great condition! Dust jacket has light s...)
1986 Hardback in great condition! Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Inside pages are crisp and clean. Pages have tanned over the years. Ships quickly with pretty packaging!
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(Ayesha: The Return of the She is a gothic-fantasy novel a...)
Ayesha: The Return of the She is a gothic-fantasy novel and the 1905 sequel to She. Almost 20 years have passed since Holly’s first African journey but he and Leo are certain Ayesha is still very much alive. While in Asia, they meet Abbot Kou-En who recalls a witch queen from the era of Alexander the Great. Leo is determined not only to discover whether She is a demon, fallen angel or only a dream, but to declare his love for Ayesha. Ayesha follows the first novel in the trilogy "She", often cited as one of the top-selling books in history with more than 80 million copies sold in more than 40 languages. The trilogy is a classic adventure fantasy and genius of Author Sir Henry Rider Haggard.
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(Beautiful, beautiful was that night! No air that stirred;...)
Beautiful, beautiful was that night! No air that stirred; the black smoke from the funnels of the mail steamer Zanzibar lay low over the surface of the sea like vast, floating ostrich plumes that vanished one by one in the starlight. Benita Beatrix Clifford, for that was her full name, who had been christened Benita after her mother and Beatrix after her father's only sister, leaning idly over the bulwark rail, thought to herself that a child might have sailed that sea in a boat of bark and come safely into port. Then a tall man of about thirty years of age, who was smoking a cigar, strolled up to her. At his coming she moved a little as though to make room for him beside her, and there was something in the motion which, had anyone been there to observe it, might have suggested that these two were upon terms of friendship, or still greater intimacy. For a moment he hesitated, and while he did so an expression of doubt, of distress even, gathered on his face. It was as though he understood that a great deal depended on whether he accepted or declined that gentle invitation, and knew not which to do. Indeed, much did depend upon it, no less than the destinies of both of them. If Robert Seymour had gone by to finish his cigar in solitude, why then this story would have had a very different ending; or, rather, who can say how it might have ended? The dread, foredoomed event with which that night was big would have come to its awful birth leaving certain words unspoken. Violent separation must have ensued, and even if both of them had survived the terror, what prospect was there that their lives would again have crossed each other in that wide Africa? But it was not so fated, for just as he put his foot forward to continue his march Benita spoke in her low and pleasant voice. "Are you going to the smoking-room or to the saloon to dance, Mr. Seymour? One of the officers just told me that there is to be a dance," she added, in explanation, "because it is so calm that we might fancy ourselves ashore."
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(1986 Hardback in great condition! Dust jacket has light s...)
1986 Hardback in great condition! Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Inside pages are crisp and clean. Pages have tanned over the years. Ships quickly with pretty packaging!
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(Two more adventures from the pages of history and pen of ...)
Two more adventures from the pages of history and pen of a great writer There are few who have heard of H. Rider Haggard's novels who do not know his principal character-Allan Quatermain-the archetypal white man in Africa. Here was a hero who would take on a Zulu Impi, a charging rhinoceros, a giant gorilla God, a lost tribe, slavers, a magical eternal queen, malign spirits and still come back for more-bringing a host of readers with him. In short, Haggard knew what it took to write a good adventure which is why some of his books have been among the most popular in modern times. Haggard was a prolific author: aside from the Quatermain stories, he produced a sequence of novels concerning the ancient world, four featuring his other great character, Ayesha-'She who must be obeyed'-and a collection of adventure novels taking Africa as their stage but without the presence of Quatermain. All are excellent. In Haggard's lifetime his public eagerly awaited his next book, but today, while many are aware of his reputation, that knowledge often applies to but a small proportion of the reading enjoyment his books have to offer. Fortunately Leonaur now publish most of these works in matching sets at great value by combining two or more novels in each volume. Now Leonaur is pleased to offer Haggard's historical adventure series. Predictably Haggard's inventive pen was able to create several more lead characters of the stamp of Quatermain and they populate many of the ages of history with gripping adventures set against momentous events in many lands. In this, the second volume of Leonaur's collection of Haggard's historical adventures-the third novel is The Virgin and the Sun. To the pleasure of his many aficionados Haggard rarely drew back from combining fact with fantastical and this classic tale concerns an imagined time long before the Conquistadors despoiled the mighty empire of the Incas of Peru. But was this the first time a European had walked among them? Apparently not! The second novel, and fourth in the series, is Fair Margaret. The action of this high adventure takes place in the England of Henry VII and the Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella between 1491 and 1501. Available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors.
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(A magic mask, strange objects, a lost race, reincarnation...)
A magic mask, strange objects, a lost race, reincarnation, and an immortal woman who has preserved her dead husbands as mummies--all play a part in this supernatural thriller.
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(Two more fabulous adventures from the dark heart of Afric...)
Two more fabulous adventures from the dark heart of Africa These are the third, fourth and fifth adventures featuring H. Rider Haggard's famous character―Allan Quatermain. Quatermain is the ultimate white man in Africa―the Great White Hunter, adventurer and guide. These are stories brim full of action, romance, big game hunting, hairsbreadth escapes from dangerous animals and the fierce peoples of the Dark Continent, fantastical landscapes and strange hidden cultures―with lost cities from a time when vast expanses of this mysterious land remained untrodden by the feet of Western man and it seemed that anything was yet possible. In this second volume of the complete Quatermain novels and short stories―available from Leonaur in hard and soft cover―are the lesser known ‘Allan’s Wife,’ ‘Maiwa’s Revenge’ & ‘Marie.’ These books will be a joy for all collectors who will relish the opportunity to own all the adventures in a coordinated collection.
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(Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermai...)
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. These three novels-Marie, Child of Storm, and Finished-form the Zulu Trilogy in which the Zulu wizard, Zikali, gains his revenge on the Zulu nation and its king, Cetawayo. Here are tales of magic, revenge, and something darker and far more sinister.
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(Quatermain loads his elephant gun and embarks on more adv...)
Quatermain loads his elephant gun and embarks on more adventures This is the fifth volume of Leonaur's seven volume complete coordinated collection of the epic adventure stories of Allan Quatermain, Rider-Haggard's consummate nineteenth century white man in Africa. The Quatermain tales include many that are much less familiar than the first story-the famous King Solomon's Mines. Quatermain is a man of his time and place so most of his adventures included the wild, warlike, tribal nations of South East Africa, its beautiful and untamed landscape and its spectacular and often dangerous fauna. Historically accurate elements such as slavers and the imperial domination of Victorian powers are also common. But Rider-Haggard always held a space open for the fantastical. Wizardry, ghosts, hidden peoples, bizarre cults and incredible creatures-which seemed to have the potential to be hidden somewhere in the dark heart of the Dark Continent-and all are likely to make appearances in their turn. This volume includes the two novels The Ancient Allan & She and Allan to delight Quatermain's enthusiastic aficionados.
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( Over a century after the debut of the intrepid hunter e...)
Over a century after the debut of the intrepid hunter explorer Allan Quatermain in King Solomon's Mines, he remains one of the great heroes of literature whose adventures have been adapted for cinema and television. This new anthology brings to light a novelette and four short stories which have never been collected in one volume. Introducing the tales with a detailed resume of the author's life and career, this compendium provides information about the inspiration and creation of Allan Quatermain. A chronology of the explorer's life linked to the novels and stories is also included.
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(Adventurer and hunter Allan Quatermain is approached by S...)
Adventurer and hunter Allan Quatermain is approached by Sir Henry Curtis and his friend Captain Good, to help find Sir Henry's brother, who was last seen travelling into the unexplored interior of Africa on a quest to find the legendary King Solomon's Mines. Quartermain, who has a map which is said to lead to the mines, agrees to lead their expedition in return for a share of the treasure...
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(This premium quality edition of the sequel to "King Solom...)
This premium quality edition of the sequel to "King Solomon's Mines" includes the complete text of H. Rider Haggard's classic tale of the adventures of Allan Quatermain and his companions in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. With a generous 6"x9" page size, this Summit Classic Press edition is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design. Page headers and proper placement of footnotes exemplify the attention to detail given this volume. "King Solomon's Mines" is also available from Summit Classic Press in a handsome companion edition (ISBN 978-1480037151). This, the 1887 sequel, opens with "Hunter" Quatermain mourning the death of his only son, a medical student who died of smallpox while working in a hospital, and growing restive with the life of a wealthy English gentlemen. When his old companions, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good, appear unexpectedly at his door and express their longing to return to Africa and the adventures of the wilderness, Quatermain reveals his own intention to journey to an unexplored region in search of a fabled lost tribe of white men isolated from the rest of Africa. Joined by the aging but still mighty Zulu warrior Umslopogaas, the company battles Masai warriors, finds and navigates an underground river, and discovers the land of Zu-Vendis hidden beyond a mountain range. The land is ruled by two sisters as queens, and the advent of Quatermain's party sets in motion a chain of events leading to conflict and ultimately civil war, in which Quatermain and his companions play a major role. When "King Solomon's Mines" was originally published in 1885 it was so successful that it quickly became the best selling book of the year with the publisher working feverishly to print copies fast enough to meet demand. Ironically the book, which was written in less than four months and perhaps in as little as six weeks, had been rejected by numerous publishers who believed its novelty left it completely lacking commercial viability. Indeed, the novel was both the first example of what became the popular "lost world" literary genre and the first English adventure novel set in Africa. The use of the first person subjective viewpoint and a narrative composed in familiar conversational style was also a radical departure from the ornate language and omniscient viewpoint of the books of the day, many of which were obsessively focused on social class in England. Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) wrote "King Solomon's Mines" on a bet, a five shilling wager with his brother that he could write a story "half as good" as "Treasure Island". When young, Haggard had traveled extensively in Africa as a minor government staff official, and the Allan Quatermain character was based in large part on the colorful adventurers he encountered there. Returning to England, Haggard married and became a member of the bar, but soon took up writing full time. Haggard's tales of African adventure were remarkable not only for their originality but for Haggard's attitude toward native Africans. Unusual for writers in the colonial era, Haggard held that many Africans were more noble and admirable than many of the Europeans who arrived in Africa, and his novels include complex and heroic native characters as well as evil and barbaric natives. He penned several popular novels while traveling to various parts of the Empire in the cause of land reform and, like many Victorians, dabbled in spritualism and the paranormal. Haggard's most enduring characters, Allan Quatermain and Ayesha, were brought together in "She and Allan", Haggard's last major work.
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(Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quatermain...)
Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quatermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quatermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Included in this edition are Allan and the Holy Flower, Finished, The Ivory Child, The Ancient Allan, She and Allan. These are adventure stories in the grandest tradition.
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("[...]between the publication of his book in 1872, and hi...)
"[...]between the publication of his book in 1872, and his death in the early summer of 1891. I shall thus touch briefly on the causes that occasioned his failure to maintain that hold on the public which he had apparently secured at first. His book, as the reader may perhaps know, was published anonymously, and my poor father used to ascribe the acclamation with which it was received, to the fact that no one knew who it might not have been written by. Omne ignotum pro magnifico, and during its month of anonymity the book was a frequent topic of appreciative comment in good literary circles. Almost coincidently with the discovery that he was a mere nobody, people began to feel that their admiration had been too hastily bestowed, and before long opinion turned all the more seriously against him for this very reason. The subscription, to which the Lord [...]".
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(Madam, You have graciously conveyed to me the intelligenc...)
Madam, You have graciously conveyed to me the intelligence that during the weary weeks spent far from his home—in alternate hope and fear, in suffering and mortal trial—a Prince whose memory all men must reverence, the Emperor Frederick, found pleasure in the reading of my stories: that "they interested and fascinated him." While the world was watching daily at the bedside of your Majesty's Imperial husband, while many were endeavouring to learn courage in our supremest need from the spectacle of that heroic patience, a distant writer little knew that it had been his fortune to bring to such a sufferer an hour's forgetfulness of sorrow and pain. This knowledge, to an author, is far dearer than any praise, and it is in gratitude that, with your Majesty's permission, I venture to dedicate to you the tale of Eric Brighteyes. The late Emperor, at heart a lover of peace, though by duty a soldier of soldiers, might perhaps have cared to interest himself in a warrior of long ago, a hero of our Northern stock, whose days were spent in strife, and whose latest desire was Rest. But it may not be; like the Golden Eric of this Saga, and after a nobler fashion, he has passed through the Hundred Gates into the Valhalla of Renown. To you, then, Madam, I dedicate this book, a token, however slight and unworthy, of profound respect and sympathy. I am, Madam, Your Majesty's most obedient servant, H. Rider Haggard. November 17, 1889. To H.I.M. Victoria, Empress Frederick of Germany.
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("Eric Brighteyes" is a romance founded on the Icelandic S...)
"Eric Brighteyes" is a romance founded on the Icelandic Sagas. "What is a saga?" "Is it a fable or a true story?" The answer is not altogether simple. For such sagas as those of Burnt Njal and Grettir the Strong partake both of truth and fiction: historians dispute as to the proportions. This was the manner of the saga's growth: In the early days of the Iceland community—that republic of aristocrats—say, between the dates 900 and 1100 of our era, a quarrel would arise between two great families. As in the case of the Njal Saga, its cause, probably, was the ill doings of some noble woman. This quarrel would lead to manslaughter. Then blood called for blood, and a vendetta was set on foot that ended only with the death by violence of a majority of the actors in the drama and of large numbers of their adherents. In the course of the feud, men of heroic strength and mould would come to the front and perform deeds worthy of the iron age which bore them. Women also would help to fashion the tale, for good or ill, according to their natural gifts and characters. At last the tragedy was covered up by death and time, leaving only a few dinted shields and haunted cairns to tell of those who had played its leading parts. But its fame lived on in the minds of men. From generation to generation skalds wandered through the winter snows, much as Homer may have wandered in his day across the Grecian vales and mountains, to find a welcome at every stead, because of the old-time story they had to tell. Here, night after night, they would sit in the ingle and while away the weariness of the dayless dark with histories of the times when men carried their lives in their hands, and thought them well lost if there might be a song in the ears of folk to come. To alter the tale was one of the greatest of crimes: the skald must repeat it as it came to him; but by degrees undoubtedly the sagas did suffer alteration. The facts remained the same indeed, but around them gathered a mist of miraculous occurrences and legends. To take a single instance: the account of the burning of Bergthorsknoll in the Njal Saga is not only a piece of descriptive writing that for vivid, simple force and insight is scarcely to be matched out of Homer and the Bible, it is also obviously true. We feel as we read, that no man could have invented that story, though some great skald threw it into shape. That the tale is true, the writer of "Eric" can testify, for, saga in hand, he has followed every act of the drama on its very site. There he who digs beneath the surface of the lonely mound that looks across plain and sea to Westman Isles may still find traces of the burning, and see what appears to be the black sand with which the hands of Bergthora and her women strewed the earthen floor some nine hundred years ago, and even the greasy and clotted remains of the whey that they threw upon the flame to quench it. He may discover the places where Fosi drew up his men, where Skarphedinn died, singing while his legs were burnt from off him, where Kari leapt from the flaming ruin, and the dell in which he laid down to rest—at every step, in short, the truth of the narrative becomes more obvious. And yet the tale has been added to, for, unless we may believe that some human beings are gifted with second sight, we cannot accept as true the prophetic vision that came to Runolf, Thorstein's son; or that of Njal who, on the evening of the onslaught, like Theoclymenus in the Odyssey, saw the whole board and the meats upon it "one gore of blood."
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(You have graciously conveyed to me the intelligence that ...)
You have graciously conveyed to me the intelligence that during the weary weeks spent far from his home—in alternate hope and fear, in suffering and mortal trial—a Prince whose memory all men must reverence, the Emperor Frederick, found pleasure in the reading of my stories: that "they interested and fascinated him." While the world was watching daily at the bedside of your Majesty's Imperial husband, while many were endeavouring to learn courage in our supremest need from the spectacle of that heroic patience, a distant writer little knew that it had been his fortune to bring to such a sufferer an hour's forgetfulness of sorrow and pain.
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(No DRM (mobi) Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an...)
No DRM (mobi) Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English writer of exotic adventure novels set in locations like Africa, and a founder of the Lost World genre. He was born into a Jewish family. His enlightened victorian stories, continue to be popular and influential. The Lost World genre influenced popular American pulp writers such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, and Abraham Merritt; and Allan Quatermain, was a template for the character Indiana Jones, featuring in various films. This collection, contains his best works, in their original editions: King Solomon's Mines (1885), Allan Quatermain (1887), She (1887), Cleopatra (1889), The World's Desire (1890), Eric Brighteyes (1891), Nada the Lily (1892), Montezuma's Daughter (1893), The People of the Mist (1894), The Brethren (1904), Ayesha: The Return of She (1905) & She and Allan (1921). Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks
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(The second volume of Haggard's African adventures-featuri...)
The second volume of Haggard's African adventures-featuring three gripping stories Rider Haggard's affection for and affinity with the 'Dark Continent' is well known. His adventures featuring Allan Quatermain-the little white hunter, trader and explorer are justly famous and appear as a collected set in their entirety from Leonaur. For some that generous helping of African adventures simply will not be sufficient. Although Haggard was a prolific author not all of his material is familiar or available to those who would enjoy it. Leonaur has gathered together Haggard's 'other' adventures set in Africa into one collection of four books available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors. The second volume of the four volume collection of Rider Haggard's other African adventures contains three pieces-two novels and a novelette-to please those who enjoy this highly entertaining and expert author of the African world of fact and fantasy. Perhaps the highest accolade one can give to the first novel, 'The People of the Mist' is that but for the absence of Quatermain himself it bears all the ingredients that made that character's adventures so appealing! 'Black Heart and White Heart' is yet another tale where Haggard takes us inside the life the Zulu people themselves and in 'The Wizard' a group of missionaries must overcome the many obstacles and dangers of the African interior and its fierce and magical peoples. Altogether another bumper crop of Haggard reading pleasure.
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(x, 182, 218, & 220 pages, illustrated with black and whit...)
x, 182, 218, & 220 pages, illustrated with black and white plates and with original colour wraps bound in
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(This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original ...)
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High Quality Facsimile Reporduction: Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925 :Joan Haste 1895 [FACSIMILE] Originally published by London : Longmans, Green in 1895. 518 pages. Book will be printed in black and white, with grayscale images. Book will be 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall and soft cover bound. Any foldouts will be scaled to page size. If the book is larger than 1000 pages, it will be printed and bound in two parts. Due to the age of the original titles, we cannot be held responsible for missing pages, faded, or cut off text.
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(The second volume of Haggard's African adventures-featuri...)
The second volume of Haggard's African adventures-featuring three gripping stories Rider Haggard's affection for and affinity with the 'Dark Continent' is well known. His adventures featuring Allan Quatermain-the little white hunter, trader and explorer are justly famous and appear as a collected set in their entirety from Leonaur. For some that generous helping of African adventures simply will not be sufficient. Although Haggard was a prolific author not all of his material is familiar or available to those who would enjoy it. Leonaur has gathered together Haggard's 'other' adventures set in Africa into one collection of four books available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors. The second volume of the four volume collection of Rider Haggard's other African adventures contains three pieces-two novels and a novelette-to please those who enjoy this highly entertaining and expert author of the African world of fact and fantasy. Perhaps the highest accolade one can give to the first novel, 'The People of the Mist' is that but for the absence of Quatermain himself it bears all the ingredients that made that character's adventures so appealing! 'Black Heart and White Heart' is yet another tale where Haggard takes us inside the life the Zulu people themselves and in 'The Wizard' a group of missionaries must overcome the many obstacles and dangers of the African interior and its fierce and magical peoples. Altogether another bumper crop of Haggard reading pleasure.
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(Fob a long while past I have been anxious to undertake a ...)
Fob a long while past I have been anxious to undertake a very heavy task, that of the investigation of the conditions of the rural England of our day. Towards the end of the eighteenth and the commencement of the nineteenth centuries my great predecessor, Arthur Young, wrote many volumes on this subject which must always remain our chief source of information as to the agriculture of England during that period. William Marshall also treated of it between 1787 and 1800 in his General Survey of the rural Economy of England. Later, in 1830, William Cobbett published hisS ural Bides, which are full of useful information, but, per haps, somewhat too highly tinged with the hue of the writers own political opinions. Lastly, fifty years ago. Sir James Caird, under the title of English A griculture, collected into a volume the valuable and interesting letters which he wrote upon this matter as Commissioner forT heT imes, since which date, so far as I am aware, no one has attempted to carry out similar researches on any considerable scale. During the last half-century, however, our agriculture, and indeed everything connected with the land, landowners, and husbandmen of England, have undergone great changes; it seemed to me, therefore, that there was some need for a new work treating of these questions. Such a work I purposed to write, and at length, through the enterprise of theD aily Express newspaper, discovered an opportunity of carrying out my design. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original for
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(Pearl-M aiden: AT ale of the Fall of Jerusalem was writte...)
Pearl-M aiden: AT ale of the Fall of Jerusalem was written by H. Rider Haggard Hagga Ri) in 1902. This is a 532 page book, containing 140342 words and 3pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (1856-1925) was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations. After failing his army entrance exam he was sent to a private 'crammer' in London to prepare for the entrance exam for the British Foreign Office, for which he never sat. Haggard's father sent him to Africa in an unpaid position as assistant to the secretary to Lieutenant-Governor of Natal Sir Henry Bulwer. Heavily influenced by the larger-than-life adventurers he met in Colonial Africa, the great mineral wealth discovered in Africa, and the ruins of ancient lost civilizations in Africa such as Great Zimbabwe, Haggard created his Allan Quatermain adventures. Haggard also wrote about agricultural and social issues reform, in part inspired by his experiences in Africa, but also based on what he saw in Europe. Haggard is most famous as the author of the best-selling novel King Solomon's Mines (1885). Amongst his other works are She (1887), Allan Quatermain (1888), Eric Brighteyes (1891) and Ayesha (1895).
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...was fond of society, in which she liked to be accompanied by her husband, so Morris, whose one great anxiety was to please his wife and fall in with her every wish, went to a great many parties which he hated. Mary liked change also, so it came _ about that three months in the season were spent in London, where they had purchased a house in Green Street that was much frequented by the Colonel, and another two, or sometimes three, months at the villa on the Riviera, which Mary was very fond of on account of its associations with her parents. Also in the summer and shooting seasons, when they were at home, the old Abbey was kept full of guests; for we may be sure that people so rich and distinguished did not lack for friends, and Mary made the very best of hostesses. Thus it happened that except at the sea when his wife retired under the pressure of domi occurrences, Morris found that he had but little ' left in which to be quiet; that his life in s was no longer the life of a worker, but that the commonplace country gentleman of wealth fashion. Now it was Mary whohad brought these th: about, and by design; for she was not a womai act without reasons and an object. It is true 1 she liked a gay and pleasant life, for gaiety: pleasure were agreeable to her easy and somew indolent mind, also they gave her opportunities exercising her faculties of observation, which w considerable. But Mary was far fonder of her husband than these and other vanities; indeed, her affection him shone the guiding star of her existence. Fn her childhood she had been devoted to this cous who, since her earliest days, had been her playma and at heart had wished to marry him, and no 0 else. Then he began his experiments, and drift MORRIS, THE MARRIED MAN. I...
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"[...]are most essential, for much can, or at any rate must, be omitted. I shrink from attempting too long a book, though my notes and memory would furnish me with sufficient material for volumes. I will begin with the Vision. After Leo Vincey and I came back from Africa in 1885, desiring solitude, which indeed we needed sorely to recover from the fearful shock we had experienced, and to give us time and opportunity to think, we went to an old house upon the shores of Cumberland that has belonged to my family for many generations. This house, unless somebody has taken it believing me to be dead, is still my property and thither I travel to die. Those whose eyes read the words I write, if any should ever read them, may ask—What shock? [...]"
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H. Rider Haggard was a British writer of adventure novels. Haggard’s writings are considered to be on the “lighter” end of the Victorian era but he is still extremely popular. Haggard’s most famous works include King Solomon’s Mines and the Allan Quatermain Series.
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(The first of a four volume collection-each containing two...)
The first of a four volume collection-each containing two or more adventures Rider Haggard's affection for and affinity with the 'Dark Continent' is well known. His adventures featuring Allan Quatermain-the little white hunter, trader and explorer are justly famous and appear as a collected set in their entirety from Leonaur. For some that generous helping of African adventures simply will not be sufficient. Although Haggard was a prolific author not all of his material is familiar or available to those who would enjoy it. Leonaur has gathered together Haggard's 'other' adventures set in Africa into one collection of four books available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors. In this, the first volume, readers will find 'Swallow', an exciting story of the 'Great Trek' of the pioneer Boers into the interior of southern Africa where they would meet all the dangers the natural world could contrive and the fierce native martial nation of the Zulus. The second novel in this volume, 'Benita' bears all the hallmarks of a classic Haggard tale. Readers will be pleased to discover an adventure of the supernatural, lost and hidden peoples and stupendous treasure that is a compelling 'page turner' to it's conclusion.
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (1856-1925) was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations. After failing his army entrance exam he was sent to a private 'crammer' in London to prepare for the entrance exam for the British Foreign Office, for which he never sat. Haggard's father sent him to Africa in an unpaid position as assistant to the secretary to Lieutenant-Governor of Natal Sir Henry Bulwer. Heavily influenced by the larger-than-life adventurers he met in Colonial Africa, the great mineral wealth discovered in Africa, and the ruins of ancient lost civilizations in Africa such as Great Zimbabwe, Haggard created his Allan Quatermain adventures. Haggard also wrote about agricultural and social issues reform, in part inspired by his experiences in Africa, but also based on what he saw in Europe. Haggard is most famous as the author of the best-selling novel King Solomon's Mines (1885). Amongst his other works are She (1887), Allan Quatermain (1888), Eric Brighteyes (1891) and Ayesha (1895).
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"[...]well they matched the hair of chestnut, shading into black, that waved above them and fell, tress upon tress, upon the shapely shoulders and down to the slender waist. Peter Brome, for he was so named, looked a little anxiously about him at the crowd, then, turning, addressed Margaret in his strong, clear voice. "There are rough folk around," he said; "do you think you should stop here? Your father might be angered, Cousin." [...]".
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(Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermai...)
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. Join Allan as he relives his past lives with the help of the Holy Flower he discovered in Africa.
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COMIC BOOK ADAPTATION OF THE CLASSIC NOVEL King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre. This is a re-print of the 1951 Avon Periodicals comic book adaptation of the novel. The adventure begins!!!!
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(The Works of H. Rider Haggard: One Volume Edition [Cleopa...)
The Works of H. Rider Haggard: One Volume Edition [Cleopatra / She / King Solomon's Mines / Allan Quatermain / Maiwa's Revenge [Leather Bound] [Jan 01, 1928] H. Rider Haggard ... B00196R6Z6
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(You, my friend, into whose hand, if you live, I hope thes...)
You, my friend, into whose hand, if you live, I hope these scribblings of mine will pass one day, must well remember the 12th of April of the year 1877 at Pretoria. Sir Theophilus Shepstone, or Sompseu, for I prefer to call him by his native name, having investigated the affairs of the Transvaal for a couple of months or so, had made up his mind to annex that country to the British Crown. It so happened that I, Allan Quatermain, had been on a shooting and trading expedition at the back of the Lydenburg district where there was plenty of game to be killed in those times. Hearing that great events were toward I made up my mind, curiosity being one of my weaknesses, to come round by Pretoria, which after all was not very far out of my way, instead of striking straight back to Natal. As it chanced I reached the town about eleven o'clock on this very morning of the 12th of April and, trekking to the Church Square, proceeded to outspan there, as was usual in the Seventies. The place was full of people, English and Dutch together, and I noted that the former seemed very elated and were talking excitedly, while the latter for the most part appeared to be sullen and depressed.
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(Maybe, maybe, for everything goes by comparison; and at o...)
Maybe, maybe, for everything goes by comparison; and at one end of the ladder is the ape-man, and at the other, as we hope, the angel. No, not the angel; he belongs to a different sphere, but that last expression of humanity upon which I will not speculate. While man is man—that is, before he suffers the magical death-change into spirit, if such should be his destiny—well, he will remain man. I mean that the same passions will sway him; he will aim at the same ambitions; he will know the same joys and be oppressed by the same fears, whether he lives in a Kafir hut or in a golden palace; whether he walks upon his two feet or, as for aught I know he may do one day, flies through the air. This is certain: that in the flesh he can never escape from our atmosphere, and while he breathes it, in the main with some variations prescribed by climate, local law and religion, he will do much as his forefathers did for countless ages.
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(Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quatermain...)
Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quatermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quatermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Included in this edition are King Solomon's Mines; Allan Quatermain; Allan's Wife; Maiwa's Revenge, or The War of the Little Hand; Marie; Child of Storm. These are adventure stories in the grandest tradition.
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(One of the greatest adventure novelists ever, Henry Rider...)
One of the greatest adventure novelists ever, Henry Rider Haggard shines once again, in Allan and the Holy Flower. Haggard’s use of character development, scenery, and culture is absolutely captivating. There is nothing predictable in Allan and the Holy Flower, which is very refreshing. By one hour into the novel, readers will be not only hooked, but loving and feeling for nearly every character in the book. This is one of the 14 books that H. Rider Haggard wrote (starting with "King Solomon's Mines") depicting the adventures of Allan Quatermain, great English hunter in the wilds of mysterious Africa. Once you get into the book, the entire read is action-packed, fast-moving and entertaining. The story concerns an expedition for a very rare orchid, and the search for the kidnapped wife of one of Quatermain's friends. There are any number of tremendous battle scenes, and before all is said and done, we have run up against a giant gorilla god, cannibals, slave traders, a very suspenseful lake chase, evil wizards, a hidden volcanic sanctuary, etc. Quatermain's Hottentot sidekick, Hans, has rarely been shown in a more humorous or heroic light. Haggard's imagination seemed to be working overtime on this book, and despite an occasional inconsistency here and there, the result is one tremendously entertaining yarn. What an incredible movie this would make! This book is well worth reading.
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( A gripping tale of betrayal, blood-gorged blades, and t...)
A gripping tale of betrayal, blood-gorged blades, and the pursuit of heart's desire, Eric Brighteyes follows the adventures of a young man raised on Coldback farm-a lonely place to be found where the Westman Isles rise from the sea.Plagued by misfortune, the golden-haired youth finds himself outlawed and exiled-even as he wins Whitefire, the legendary sword of King Odin. Eric struggles against treachery to fight his way back to his home and to the two women whose lives are fatefully intertwined with his: Gudruda the Fair, and Swanwild the Fatherless.
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(At the date of our introduction to him, Philip Hadden was...)
At the date of our introduction to him, Philip Hadden was a transport-rider and trader in "the Zulu." Still on the right side of forty, in appearance he was singularly handsome; tall, dark, upright, with keen eyes, short-pointed beard, curling hair and clear-cut features. His life had been varied, and there were passages in it which he did not narrate even to his most intimate friends. He was of gentle birth, however, and it was said that he had received a public school and university education in England.
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(College Library PR 4131 Dedication My dear John Berwick, ...)
College Library PR 4131 Dedication My dear John Berwick, When you read her history in MS. you thought well of Stella Fregeliits and, whilst I hesitated, urged her introduction to the world. Therefore I ask you, my severe and accomplished critic, to accept the burden of a book for which you are to some extent responsible. Whatever its fate, at least it has pleased you and therefore has not been written quite in vain. H. RIDER HAGGARD. Ditchingham, 2$th A ugust, 1903. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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Here ends this history so far as it concerns science and the outside world. What its end will be as regards Leo and myself is more than I can guess. But we feel that it is not reached. . . , Often I sit alone at night, staring with the eyes of my mind into the blackness of unborn time, and wondering in what shape and form the great drama will be finally developed, and where the scene of its next act will be laid. And when, ultimately, that final development occurs, as I have no doubt it must and will occur, in obedience to a fate that never swerves and a purpose which cannot be altered, what will be the part played therein by that beautiful Egyptian Amenartas, the Princess of the royal house of the Pharaohs, for the love of whom the priest Kallikrates broke his vows to Isis, and, pursued by the vengeance of the outraged goddess, fled down the coast of Lybia to meet his doom at Kor?"-She, Silver Library Edition, p. 277.
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(Henry Rider Haggard was born at Bradenham, Norfolk, the e...)
Henry Rider Haggard was born at Bradenham, Norfolk, the eighth of ten children, on 22nd June 1856. His early years were ones of disappointment to his family, his education was good but his application wasn’t. In 1875 his Father sent him to take up an unpaid position in South Africa. Although he only spent 7 years in Africa they are the inspiration and background for a large part of his writings. In 1885 ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ was published followed by its sequel ‘Allan Quatermain’ and ‘She’. He was much admired for the imagination and daring in his stories and characters set against the broad expense of the Empire. Haggard was also influential in agricultural reform which involved sitting on many Commissions and travelling to the Colonies and Dominions. H Rider Haggard died in London on the 14th of May 1925.
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Classic Book for the Kindle: The Ghost Kings by Henry Rider Haggard Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (June 22,1856 - May 14, 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. ********************************** We are pleased to offer thousands of books for the Kindle, including thousands of hard-to-find literature and classic fiction books. Click on our Editor Name (eBook-Ventures) next to the book title above to view all of the titles that are currently available. **********************************
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(The fourth and final volume of Haggard's gripping collect...)
The fourth and final volume of Haggard's gripping collected tales of the 'Dark Continent' Rider Haggard's affection for and affinity with the 'Dark Continent' is well known. His adventures featuring Allan Quatermain-the little white hunter, trader and explorer are justly famous and appear as a collected set in their entirety from Leonaur. For some that generous helping of African adventures simply will not be sufficient. Although Haggard was a prolific author not all of his material is familiar or available to those who would enjoy it. Leonaur has gathered together Haggard's 'other' adventures set in Africa into one collection of four books available in soft cover and hard cover with dust jacket for collectors. Volume four of Leonaur's collection of Haggard's African stories concludes the series in fine and satisfying style. The first of the two novels here is 'The Ghost Kings'. Those familiar with the Quatermain stories will recognise a familiar theme that always delivers a good tale. A 'White Priestess' has arisen in the Zulu nation and intrigue and violence must surely follow. This volume concludes explosively with the novel, 'The Yellow Idol', an exciting adventure with all the ingredients Haggard enthusiasts love. Our heroes venture into the hostile desert, but beneath its sands lies an unknown and hidden city and its strange and mysterious people. This great yarn concludes Leonaur's special collection of eight novels and a novelette in four coordinating volumes that Haggard enthusiasts will want to keep forever.
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(Only a friendship extending over many years emboldened me...)
Only a friendship extending over many years emboldened me, an amateur, to propose to dedicate a Romance of Old Egypt to you, one of the world's masters of the language and lore of the great people who in these latter days arise from their holy tombs to instruct us in the secrets of history and faith.
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(Elephants, lions, baboons, and other fauna of the African...)
Elephants, lions, baboons, and other fauna of the African wilds abound on these pages, and we have a Zulu impi and the resulting carnage described with the Henry Rider Haggard’s usual vivid power of narration. Allan Quatermain figures as the hero throughout, and the most substantial part of the volume is occupied with the story of his wooing, and the brief episode of his married life. The romance, however, is subsidiary to the sauce piquante of livelier incidents. During his years in Africa, it's said Haggard came to know and appreciate Zulu culture -- intimately, as it were. It's said he had an affair with an African woman, and not just any sort of an affair, but the sort of affair that makes men mutter in retrospect about profound relationships. That's the tale they tell on Haggard: that affair changed his portrayal of women. Even the psychologists got in on the act -- really, psychologists! Just ask Carl Jung, who used Haggard's She to exemplify anima. “Allan’s Wife” is the story of Allan Quatermain's wife and further adventures of Allan Quatermain.
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(Finished - Allan Quatermain Series - By H. Rider Haggard ...)
Finished - Allan Quatermain Series - By H. Rider Haggard This book, although it can be read as a separate story, is the third of the trilogy of which Marie and Child of Storm are the first two parts. It narrates, through the mouth of Allan Quatermain, the consummation of the vengeance of the wizard Zikali, alias The Opener of Roads, or "The-Thing-that-should-never-have-been-born," upon the royal Zulu House of which Senzangacona was the founder and Cetewayo, our enemy in the war of 1879, the last representative who ruled as a king. Although, of course, much is added for the purposes of romance, the main facts of history have been adhered to with some faithfulness. With these the author became acquainted a full generation ago, Fortune having given him a part in the events that preceded the Zulu War. Indeed he believes that with the exception of Colonel Phillips, who, as a lieutenant, commanded the famous escort of twenty-five policemen, he is now the last survivor of the party who, under the leadership of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, or Sompseu as the natives called him from the Zambesi to the Cape, were concerned in the annexation of the Transvaal in 1877. Recently also he has been called upon as a public servant to revisit South Africa and took the opportunity to travel through Zululand, in order to refresh his knowledge of its people, their customs, their mysteries, and better to prepare himself for the writing of this book. Here he stood by the fatal Mount of Isandhlawana which, with some details of the battle, is described in these pages, among the graves of many whom once he knew, Colonels Durnford, Pulleine and others. Also he saw Ulundi's plain where the traces of war still lie thick, and talked with an old Zulu who fought in the attacking Impi until it crumbled away before the fire of the Martinis and shells from the heavy guns. The battle of the Wall of Sheet Iron, he called it, perhaps because of the flashing fence of bayonets.
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Allan Quatermain, hero of King Solomon's mines, tells a moving tale of his first wife, the Dutch born Marie Marais, and the adventures that were linked to her beautiful, tragic history. This moving story depicts the tumultuous political era of the 1830's involving the trek-Boers, French colonists and the Zulu tribe in the Cape colony of South Africa. Hate and suspicion run high between the home government and the Dutch subjects.
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(A Tale of Three Lions - Allan Quatermain Stories - By H. ...)
A Tale of Three Lions - Allan Quatermain Stories - By H. Rider Haggard - Most of you will have heard that Allan Quatermain, who was one of the party that discovered King Solomon's mines some little time ago, and who afterwards came to live in England near his friend Sir Henry Curtis. He went back to the wilderness again, as these old hunters almost invariably do, on one pretext or another. They cannot endure civilization for very long, its noise and racket and the omnipresence of broad-clothed humanity proving more trying to their nerves than the dangers of the desert. I think that they feel lonely here, for it is a fact that is too little understood, though it has often been stated, that there is no loneliness like the loneliness of crowds, especially to those who are unaccustomed to them. "What is there in the world," old Quatermain would say, "so desolate as to stand in the streets of a great city and listen to the footsteps falling, falling, multitudinous as the rain, and watch the white line of faces as they hurry past, you know not whence, you know not whither?
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(This premium quality edition contains the complete and un...)
This premium quality edition contains the complete and unabridged original classic versions of "King Solomon's Mines" and the sequel, "Allan Quatermain," printed on heavy, bright white paper in a large 6"x9" format, with page headers and a fully laminated full-color cover featuring an original design. Published in 1885 "King Solomon's Mines" became the best selling book of the year after being rejected by numerous publishers who found it too unusual to publish. The first "lost world" novel and the first English adventure novel set in Africa, it was also unconventional for its use of the first person subjective viewpoint and simple conversational style. The storyline, unique at the time, tells of the search for the lost brother of Sir Henry Curtis through an unexplored region of Africa. Curtis and his companion, Captain Good, search out Allan "Hunter" Quatermain, an African big-game hunter who agrees to lead the expedition despite his misgivings. When he realizes that Curtis' brother was searching for the diamond mines of King Solomon, Quatermain produces a crude map and a letter supposedly written by a Potuguese explorer claiming to have found the fabulous diamond mines. The expedition is joined by the mysterious Umbopa, a native who is determined to go along. Encountering a series of adventures along the way they reach their destination, discover a lost civilization and see Umbopa's secret revealed, only to be embroiled in a series of life-and-death adventures. A true sequel, 1887's "Allan Quatermain," begins with "Hunter" Quatermain mourning the death of his only son, who died of smallpox while working in a hospital during an outbreak, and growing bored with the life of a wealthy English gentlemen. When Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good appear unexpectedly and tell him of their desire to return to Africa Quatermain reveals his own intention to search an unexplored region for a fabled lost tribe of white men. Joined by the aging Zulu warrior Umslopogaas, an old comrade of Quatermain's, the party battles native warriors, travels along an underground river, and finds the land of Zu-Vendis. Hidden by forbidding mountains, the land is ruled by two sisters. The sudden appearance of Quatermain's expedition sets off a chain of events leading to war, and Quatermain and his companions play a major role in the ensuing conflict. Haggard's tales of African adventures were remarkable not only for their originality but for Haggard's attitude toward native Africans. Unusual for writers in the colonial era, Haggard openly held that many Africans were more noble and admirable than many of the Europeans who came to Africa. His novels include complex and heroic native characters as well as evil and barbaric natives. "King Solomon's Mines" includes an interracial romance to which the Quatermain character has no objection, but which he tries to discourage because of how it will be received when Captain Good returns to England. Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) wrote "King Solomon's Mines" on a bet, a five shilling wager with his brother that he could write a story "half as good" as "Treasure Island". As a young man, Haggard traveled extensively in Africa as a minor government staff official during the Zulu and Boer Wars, and the Allan Quatermain character was based on the colorful adventurers he encountered there. Other elements of the story were influenced by the discoveries of the diamond fields and the ruins of ancient civilizations occurring around that time. Returning to England, Haggard married and became a member of the bar, but soon took up writing full time. Haggard wrote several popular novels while traveling to various parts of the Empire working for land reform. Like many Victorians, he dabbled in spiritualism and the paranormal. His most enduring characters, Allan Quatermain and Ayesha, were brought together in "She and Allan", his last major work.
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(The final volume in the Allan Quatermain saga finds Quate...)
The final volume in the Allan Quatermain saga finds Quatermain reliving a past life, when he lived as part of a clan of cavemen during an ice age. Rousing action-adventure in the great Haggard style!
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(Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermai...)
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. Join Allan as he searches for rare orchids in Africa and finds something more!
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(Allan Quatermain first appears in the novel King Solomon'...)
Allan Quatermain first appears in the novel King Solomon's Mines as one of the greatest hunters of all time - a brilliant marksman and skilled in survival. He is the son of a missionary and grew up in South Africa, going on to discover the continent's hidden secrets. His appeal has not diminished over the years and he has reappeared in many films including in 2003 heading up "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" . The novels and short stories in this omnibus edition cover his life from the age of 18 to 68. They appear in the order in which Haggard wrote them, which was not chronological in terms of Quatermain's age. Allan had two wives, both of whom died soon after they married him and he had a child, Harry Quatermain who was a medical student but also eventually dies of Smallpox. Quatermain also has a companion from his youth, the servant Hans, who has sworn an oath to protect Quatermain, and does so on several occasions, acting with great courage and wisdom. The books often have a supernatural strand, featuring spirits and magic from time to time. Haggard created Quartermain after he had recently read Robert Louis Stephenson's Treasure Island, and was challenged by a friend to do better. So Allan Quatermain emerged, and with him the archetypal hunter, one of the great adventurers. A must read for anyone who loves adventure.
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(No DRM (mobi) Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an...)
No DRM (mobi) Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English writer of exotic adventure novels set in locations like Africa, and a founder of the Lost World genre. He was born into a Jewish family. His enlightened victorian stories, continue to be popular and influential. The Lost World genre influenced popular American pulp writers such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, and Abraham Merritt; and Allan Quatermain, was a template for the character Indiana Jones, featuring in various films. This collection, contains his best works, in their original editions: King Solomon's Mines (1885), Allan Quatermain (1887), She (1887), Cleopatra (1889), The World's Desire (1890), Eric Brighteyes (1891), Nada the Lily (1892), Montezuma's Daughter (1893), The People of the Mist (1894), The Brethren (1904), Ayesha: The Return of She (1905) & She and Allan (1921). Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks
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( The Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic vik...)
The Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic viking novel by H. Rider Haggard, and concerns the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th century Iceland.
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(Excerpt from The People of the Mist On several previous ...)
Excerpt from The People of the Mist On several previous occasions it has happened to this writer of romance to be justified of his romances by facts of startling similarity, subsequently brought to light and to his knowledge. In this tale occurs an instance of the sort, a 'double-barrelled' instance indeed, that to him seems sufficiently curious to be worthy of the telling. The People of the Mist of his adventure story worship a sacred crocodile to which they make sacrifice, but in the original draft of the book this crocodile was a snake - monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens. A friend of the writer, an African explorer of great experience who read that draft, suggested that the snake was altogether too unprecedented and impossible. Accordingly, also at his suggestion, a crocodile was substituted. Scarcely was this change effected, however, when Mr. R. T. Coryndon, the slayer of almost the last white rhinoceros, published in the African Review of February 17, 1894, an account of a huge and terrific serpent said to exist in the Dichwi district of Mashonaland, that in many particulars resembled the snake of the story, whose prototype, by the way, really lives and is adored as a divinity by certain natives in the remote province of Chiapas in Mexico. Still, the tale being in type, the alteration was suffered to stand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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(This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)
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(The Zulu warrior at the time of Rorke's Drift was not a p...)
The Zulu warrior at the time of Rorke's Drift was not a professional solider but was a formidable foe nonetheless. The Zulus were a citizen army called up in times of war although all Zulu men were required to do military service when they reached the age of 19 until the age of 40 when they were allowed to marry and went on the Zulu reserve list. The Zulu military organisation was far from primitive with an Army or Impi made up of Regiments called Amabutho made up of men of similar age from all over the kingdom. Each regiment had its own identifying features either jewellery or a particular headdress.They were equipped as Shaka had trained them a generation before with large cowhide shields which were colour coded with younger regiments having mostly black shields and older regiments having more white on the shield. This allowed a Zulu general to identify the different units on the battlefield easily. These shields were owned by the King and not issued to warriors except in time of war probably to help reduce the risk of civil war. Zulus carried a heavy broad bladed stabbing spear with an 18 inch blade nearly 2 inches wide (in some respects a similar to the Roman Gladius) this had a 30 inch wooden shaft and a throwing spear with a 7 inch blade on a 3ft shaft. Despite the popular image the Zulus also used guns, often Napoleonic weapons bought from traders but also Martini Henry rifles looted from the British troops especially after Isandlwana, in fact as many as 60% of Zulu warriors had access to firearms by the time of Rorkes Drift. This said they did lack training and good quality powder for these weapons. The warriors were highly disciplined and organised with each regiments having companies and their own Izinduna or officers and a clear chain of command. With no baggage train unlike an European Army of the time they could travel fast and were highly mobile able to cover around 20 miles in a day and fight at the end of it or twice that distance in an emergency. The Zulus normally used a fighting Buffalo formation or Beasts Horns where a strong central body of troops was supported by two flanks or 'horns' of lighter faster troops who would outflank and surround the enemy cutting off any escape. This formation worked well against their tribal enemies and against the British at Isandhlwana but was limited and dangerous if the Zulus failed to breach the firepower of a European Army. A love story set in the time of the Zulu Wars.
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(This book, "Lysbeth; a tale of the Dutch. With 26 illus. ...)
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(It was in this very month something over twenty years ago...)
It was in this very month something over twenty years ago that I, Ludwig Horace Holly, was sitting one night in my rooms at Cambridge, grinding away at some mathematical work, I forget what. I was to go up for my fellowship within a week, and was expected by my tutor and my college generally to distinguish myself. At last, wearied out, I flung my book down, and, going to the mantelpiece, took down a pipe and filled it. There was a candle burning on the mantelpiece, and a long, narrow glass at the back of it; and as I was in the act of lighting the pipe I caught sight of my own countenance in the glass, and paused to reflect. The lighted match burnt away till it scorched my fingers, forcing me to drop it; but still I stood and stared at myself in the glass, and reflected.
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(This volume contains ALL the novels that conforms the AYE...)
This volume contains ALL the novels that conforms the AYESHA: SHE series, by prolific English writer Sir Henry Rider Haggard, writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Known for his amazing book "King Solomon's mines", and the Allan Quatermain series, the Ayesha series is his second best known work, and is related to the Quatermain adventures (one novel, She and Allan, is normally included in both collections). "She" has always been Rider Haggard's most popular and influential novel, challenged only by King Solomon's Mines in this regard. The Ayesha series are swashbuckling adventure novels set in the context of the Scramble for Africa (the action of Ayesha however happens in Tibet). The four novels included are: She Ayesha: The Return of She She and Allan Wisdom’s Daughter)
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(It may interest readers of this story to know that its au...)
It may interest readers of this story to know that its author believes it to have a certain foundation in fact. It was said about five-and-twenty or thirty years ago that an adventurous trader, hearing from some natives in the territory that lies at the back of Quilimane, the legend of a great treasure buried in or about the sixteenth century by a party of Portuguese who were afterwards massacred, as a last resource attempted its discovery by the help of a mesmerist. According to this history the child who was used as a subject in the experiment, when in a state of trance, detailed the adventures and death of the unhappy Portuguese men and women, two of whom leapt from the point of a high rock into the Zambesi. [...]
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(If Haggard?one of the greatest adventure writers of all t...)
If Haggard?one of the greatest adventure writers of all time?is remembered now, it is for his novels featuring Allan Quatermain, a hero whose exploits form the most important sequence of his books. Quatermain?s life is chronicled in such novels as King Solomon?s Mines, Allan Quaterman, She, and many others. However, despite the importance of the Quaterman books, many of Haggard?s other novels are interesting in their own right. Nada the Lily is the first of four books about the Zulus, all of which are excellent. Eric Brighteyes is rich, fantasy-laden Icelandic saga. The World?s Desire (written with Andrew Lang) is a fantasy about the characters in The Odyssey. And there are numerous other titles (many of them reprinted by Wildside Press as part of the Wildside Fantasy Classics series) which bring undeservingly lost Haggard books back into print. The Yellow Idol, originally published in 1908, is another of Haggard?s African novels, and it features many elements of the fantastic, such as a magic mask and fetish objects, a lost race, reincarnation, and an immortal woman whose many husbands she has preserved as mummies! It certainly deserved a place alongside Haggards other African novels and more than stands its own as a thrilling adventure novel.
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([Read by Stefan Rudnicki] Accompanied by two other men, ...)
[Read by Stefan Rudnicki] Accompanied by two other men, adventurer Allan Quatermain searches for the legendary diamond mines of King Solomon. But they must face a hostile lost tribe and an evil ''wise woman'' who holds the secret of the diamond mines.
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(Allan Quatermain first appears in the novel King Solomon'...)
Allan Quatermain first appears in the novel King Solomon's Mines as one of the greatest hunters of all time - a brilliant marksman and skilled in survival. He is the son of a missionary and grew up in South Africa, going on to discover the continent's hidden secrets. His appeal has not diminished over the years and he has reappeared in many films including in 2003 heading up "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" . The novels in this omnibus edition cover his life from the age of 18 to 68. They appear in the order in which Haggard wrote them, which was not chronological in terms of Quatermain's age. Allan had two wives, both of whom died soon after they married him and he had a child, Harry Quatermain who was a medical student but also eventually dies of Smallpox. Quatermain also has a companion from his youth, the servant Hans, who has sworn an oath to protect Quatermain, and does so on several occasions, acting with great courage and wisdom. The books often have a supernatural strand, featuring spirits and magic from time to time. Haggard created Quartermain after he had recently read Robert Louis Stephenson's Treasure Island, and was challenged by a friend to do better. So Allan Quatermain emerged, and with him the archetypal hunter, one of the great adventurers. A must read for anyone who loves adventure.
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(Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermai...)
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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(Allan and the Holy Flower by H. Rider Haggard The Allan Q...)
Allan and the Holy Flower by H. Rider Haggard The Allan Quatermain Series – New Complete Edition Allan and the Holy Flower is a 1915 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. It first appeared serialised in The Windsor Magazine. The plot involves Quatermain going on a trek into Africa to find a mysterious flower. Brother John, who has been wandering in Africa for years, confides to Allan a huge and rare orchid, the largest ever found. Allan arrives to England with the flower and there he meets Mr. Somers, an orchid collector who is willing to finance an expedition to find the plant. ‘I do not suppose that anyone who knows the name of Allan Quatermain would be likely to associate it with flowers, and especially with orchids. Yet as it happens it was once my lot to take part in an orchid hunt of so remarkable a character that I think its details should not be lost. At least I will set them down, and if in the after days anyone cares to publish them, well—he is at liberty to do so. It was in the year—oh! never mind the year, it was a long while ago when I was much younger, that I went on a hunting expedition to the north of the Limpopo River which borders the Transvaal. My companion was a gentleman of the name of Scroope, Charles Scroope. He had come out to Durban from England in search of sport. At least, that was one of his reasons. The other was a lady whom I will call Miss Margaret Manners, though that was not her name.’
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(Originally published in 1895. This volume from the Cornel...)
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(This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)
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(No DRM (mobi) Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an...)
No DRM (mobi) Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English writer of exotic adventure novels set in locations like Africa, and a founder of the Lost World genre. He was born into a Jewish family. His enlightened victorian stories, continue to be popular and influential. The Lost World genre influenced popular American pulp writers such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, and Abraham Merritt; and Allan Quatermain, was a template for the character Indiana Jones, featuring in various films. This collection, contains his best works, in their original editions: King Solomon's Mines (1885), Allan Quatermain (1887), She (1887), Cleopatra (1889), The World's Desire (1890), Eric Brighteyes (1891), Nada the Lily (1892), Montezuma's Daughter (1893), The People of the Mist (1894), The Brethren (1904), Ayesha: The Return of She (1905) & She and Allan (1921). Review, design and indexing by Century eBooks
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("[...] The above, signed 'Allan Quatermain', is an extrac...)
"[...] The above, signed 'Allan Quatermain', is an extract from my diary written two years and more ago. I copy it down here because it seems to me that it is the fittest beginning to the history that I am about to write, if it please God to spare me to finish it. If not, well it does not matter. That extract was penned seven thousand miles or so from the spot where I now lie painfully and slowly writing this, with a pretty girl standing by my side fanning the flies from my august countenance. Harry is there and I am here, and yet somehow I cannot help feeling that I am not far off Harry. When I was in England I used to live in a very fine house—at least I call it a fine house, speaking comparatively, and judging from the standard of the houses I have been accustomed to all my life in Africa—not five hundred yards from the old church where Harry is asleep, and thither I went after the funeral and ate some food; for it is no good starving even if one has just buried all one's earthly hopes. But I could not eat much, and soon I took to walking, or rather limping—being permanently lame from the bite of a lion—up and down, up and down the oak-panelled vestibule; for there is a vestibule in my house in England. On all the four walls of this vestibule were placed pairs of horns—about a hundred pairs [...]".
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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. This is second novel featuring the beautiful but deadly Zulu woman, Mameena: the child of storm.
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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 third Quartermain book, we get a more personal glimpse into the life of a legend!
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(Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermai...)
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 Finished an evil Zulu wizard brings about the downfall of the Zulu nation!
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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. Join Allan in The Ivory Child as he undertakes the strangest adventure of his life battling the giant elephant god
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(Uittreksel: ...waarom verdient ge geen geld genoeg om mij...)
Uittreksel: ...waarom verdient ge geen geld genoeg om mij in staat te stellen mijn stand op te houden?" "Daar hebben wij het al dikwijls over gehad, Honoria," zeide Geoffrey, met moeite zijn bedaardheid behoudende; "en nu is er iets anders, waarover ik u wensch te spreken. Weet ge wel, dat Anne van avond langer dan een half uur aan het Paddington station gebleven is, om met een van de spoorwegbeambten te staan vrijen, in plaats van Effie naar huis te brengen, zooals ik haar bevolen had? Dat neem ik haar zeer kwalijk. Zij is niet te vertrouwen; door haar onachtzaamheid zal het kind eenmaal een ongeluk krijgen. Kunt ge haar niet wegzenden en een andere kindermeid nemen?" "Neen, dat kan ik niet. Zij is het eenige gemak, dat ik heb. Waar vind ik een andere vrouw, die zoo goed japonnen kan maken als zij?--ze wint mij wel honderd pond in het jaar uit--en het kan me niet schelen, al vrijde zij met vijftig spoorwegbeambten. Gij hebt dat praatje zeker van Effie gehoord; het kind moest een pak slaag hebben voor haar verklikken--en het zal wel niet eens waar zijn." "Effie zal voorzeker geen pak slaag krijgen," antwoordde Geoffrey, op strengen toon. "Ik waarschuw u, dat het ieder, die haar met een vinger aanraakt, slecht zal bekomen." 168 "O, heel goed, bederf het kind maar. Ga uw eigen gang maar, Geoffrey! In allen gevalle, blijf ik niet langer om beleedigende taal aan te hooren. Goeden nacht," en zij ging heen. Geoffrey stak een cigarette op. "Een aangename tehuiskomst!" dacht hij. "Honoria zal zooveel geld hebben als zij maar kan uitgeven--al zou ik mij doodwerken, zij zal het hebben. Welk een leven, welk een leven! Zou Beatrice haar man ook zoo behandelen, als zij er een had?" Hij lachte om de ongerijmdheid van dit denkbeeld, wierp met een wrevelig gebaar zijn cigarette in het vuur, en ging naar zijn kamer, om te beproeven of hij slapen kon, want hij was zwaar...
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Allan Quatermain, Rider Haggard's famous protagonist, is an English-born professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa. Largely considered to be the character on which Indiana Jones was based, at the beginning of this adventure Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back to the wilderness. He persuades some old friends to embark on a gruelling expedition to find a lost East African kingdom involving sensational fights, terrible dangers and extraordinary escapes.
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This is the first Allan Quartermain book Ive read, and it certainly wont be the last. In fact, I just started reading King Solomons Mines. This is the story of Allan Quartermains last adventure. He, Sir Henry Curtis, and Commander John Good go in search of a lost city of white people in Africa. There is also Umslopagaas, a Zulu ex-chief/warrior, who might be my favorite character. I hope he shows up in another Allan Quartermain novel. (Curtis and Good are also in King Solomons Mines, and so far, Umslopagaas has been mentioned, but I dont know if hell actually show up.) I started reading Allan Quatermain stories with King Solomons Mines because they are fantastic, gripping adventures with great characters and vividly described, amazing settings. Dont let the books age hold you back; it is written in a style that feels as current as anything written this year. The book is a lot of fun. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes a good adventure story.
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This premium quality large print edition of Allan Quatermain, the sequel to King Solomon's Mines includes the complete, unabridged text of H. Rider Haggard's classic tale of the adventures of Allan Quatermain and his companions in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. With a large 7.44"x9.69" page size, this Summit Classic Press edition is printed on heavyweight 60# bright white paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design. Page headers and proper placement of footnotes exemplify the attention to detail given this volume. King Solomon's Mines is also available from Summit Classic Press in a handsome large print companion edition (ISBN-13: 978-1495276194; ISBN-10: 1495276198). This, the 1887 sequel, opens with "Hunter" Quatermain mourning the death of his only son, a medical student who died of smallpox while working in a hospital, and growing restive with the life of a wealthy English gentlemen. When his old companions, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good, appear unexpectedly at his door and express their longing to return to Africa and the adventures of the wilderness, Quatermain reveals his own intention to journey to an unexplored region in search of a fabled lost tribe of white men isolated from the rest of Africa. Joined by the aging but still mighty Zulu warrior Umslopogaas, the company battles Masai warriors, finds and navigates an underground river, and discovers the land of Zu-Vendis hidden beyond a mountain range. The land is ruled by two sisters as queens, and the advent of Quatermain's party sets in motion a chain of events leading to conflict and ultimately civil war, in which Quatermain and his companions play a major role. When King Solomon's Mines was originally published in 1885 it was so successful that it quickly became the best selling book of the year with the publisher working feverishly to print copies fast enough to meet demand. Ironically the book, which was written in less than four months and perhaps in as little as six weeks, had been rejected by numerous publishers who believed its novelty left it completely lacking commercial viability. Indeed, the novel was both the first example of what became the popular "lost world" literary genre and the first English adventure novel set in Africa. The use of the first person subjective viewpoint and a narrative composed in familiar conversational style was also a radical departure from the ornate language and omniscient viewpoint of the books of the day, many of which were obsessively focused on social class in England. Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) wrote "King Solomon's Mines" on a bet, a five shilling wager with his brother that he could write a story "half as good" as "Treasure Island". When young, Haggard had traveled extensively in Africa as a minor government staff official, and the Allan Quatermain character was based in large part on the colorful adventurers he encountered there. Returning to England, Haggard married and became a member of the bar, but soon took up writing full time. Haggard's tales of African adventure were remarkable not only for their originality but for Haggard's attitude toward native Africans. Unusual for writers in the colonial era, Haggard held that many Africans were more noble and admirable than many of the Europeans who arrived in Africa, and his novels include complex and heroic native characters as well as evil and barbaric natives. He penned several popular novels while traveling to various parts of the Empire in the cause of land reform and, like many Victorians, dabbled in spiritualism and the paranormal. Haggard's most enduring characters, Allan Quatermain and Ayesha, were brought together in She and Allan, Haggard's last major work.
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BROTHER JOHN I do not suppose that anyone who knows the name of Allan Quatermain would be likely to associate it with flowers, and especially with orchids. Yet as it happens it was once my lot to take part in an orchid hunt of so remarkable a character that I think its details should not be lost. At least I will set them down, and if in the after days anyone cares to publish them, well—he is at liberty to do so.
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(A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry,...)
A week had passed since the funeral of my poor boy Harry, and one evening I was in my room walking up and down and thinking, when there was a ring at the outer door. Going down the steps I opened it myself, and in came my old friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, RN. They entered the vestibule and sat themselves down before the wide hearth, where, I remember, a particularly good fire of logs was burning. 'It is very kind of you to come round,' I said by way of making a remark; 'it must have been heavy walking in the snow.'
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(It may be remembered that in the last pages of his diary,...)
It may be remembered that in the last pages of his diary, written just before his death, Allan Quatermain makes allusion to his long dead wife, stating that he has written of her fully elsewhere. When his death was known, his papers were handed to myself as his literary executor. Among them I found two manuscripts, of which the following is one. The other is simply a record of events wherein Mr. Quatermain was not personally concerned—a Zulu novel, the story of which was told to him by the hero many years after the tragedy had occurred. But with this we have nothing to do at present.
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(This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original ...)
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Bernhard Tauchnitz in Leipzig, 1894. This book is in English. This book contains 300 pages.
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(In "Black Heart And White Heart", H. Rider Haggard mounts...)
In "Black Heart And White Heart", H. Rider Haggard mounts once more those trusty steeds of his, the nobility of the savage and the rascality of the civilized white. He rides, too, with all his old dexterity, and the story concerning Zulus, witches, battles, sacrifices, and traitors, of which this volume consists, will revive the pleasures of reading his books. "Has the age of miracle quite gone by?" asks H. Rider Haggard concerning this story. "Hardly," most readers would be inclined to answer, if the question were put to them while their brains were alive with the witcheries and the wonders which are Haggard's " stock-in trade." The marvels he recounts lose nothing in effect because they deal with the immediate and the remote past of the country in which Briton and Boer have just fought the fight for supremacy and empire. And by an odd coincidence, a book which opens with a description of an encounter between an Englishman and a Boer at Utrecht appeared on the very day on which Utrecht was occupied by British forces. Haggard takes us to Zululand just before the outbreak of the war which crushed the power of Cetewayo, to ancient Zimbabwe, just before the period at which the Phoenicians may be supposed to have succumbed to the attacks of the native barbarians, and to a part of Central Africa occupied by the Children of Fire, whose country had been penetrated, and whose horrible customs had been observed by none but a solitary missionary. The novelist rings the changes on scenes and ideas which he has made familiar; here are the wizardry, the superstitions, the horrors, the deeds of devotion, of treachery, of love and of triumph, the superlative heroism, spiritual and material, which characterize all his work. Imagination runs riot, making unrealities live, and the fascination of "King Solomon's Mines" and " She" is over all. If Rider Haggard does not satisfy the demands of literature, he more than compensates for any shortcomings in that respect by the interest of his matter. He is not a stylist, but he is a born story-teller.
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Excerpt from The Poor and the Land: Being a Report on the Salvation Army Colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh, England With Scheme of National Land Settlement Perhaps it will be as well to begin this Fore-word or Introduction with a very brief summary of the Report itself in the hope that the reader may be sufficiently interested thereby to be induced to attempt the effort of a more intimate acquaintance with its substance. In February of the present year, on the initiative of the Rhodes Trustees who contributed a sum of money to meet expenses, I was nominated a Commissioner by the Secretary of State for the Colonies and despatched to the United States for the purpose of inspecting three land settlements which have been established in that country by the charitable and social Organisation known as the Salvation Army, viz., in California, not very far from San Francisco, in Colorado, and in Ohio respectively. The object of this investigation is very clearly set out in the second paragraph of my letter of commission, which runs: - "It appears to the Secretary of State that, if these experiments are found to be successful, some analogous system might, with great advantage, be applied in transferring the urban populations of the United Kingdom to different parts of the British Empire." Further, I was authorised, in the event of the experiments by the Salvation Army recommending themselves to me, to include in my report any practical suggestions that might occur to me, as to the means and methods whereby the example can best be turned to use in connection with the projected transfer of urban populations of the United Kingdom to different parts of the British Empire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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HAGGARD, Henry Rider was born on June 22, 1856 in Bradenham, Norfolk. 6th son of William Meybohm Rider Haggard, Bradenham Hall.
Ipswich; privately.
Secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer, Governor of Natal, 1875. On the staff of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, special commissioner to the Transvaal, 1877. With Colonel Brooke, R.E., formally hoisted the British flag over the South African Republic at Pretoria, on the Queen's Birthday, 1877.
Secretary to Secocoeni Commission.
Master of the High Court of the Transvaal, 1878. Lieutenant and Adjutant Pretoria Horse, 1879.
Barrister Lincoln’s Innj 1884. Chairman of Committee, Society of Authors, 1896-1898.
Journeyed through England investigating condition of agriculture and of the rural population, 1901 and 1902.
British Government Commissioner to Report on Salvation Army Settlements United States of America, et cetera, 1905. Member and Chairman Reclamation and Unemployed Labour Committee of the Royal Commission on Coast Erosion and Afforestation, 1906-1911. Chairman of Justices Petty Sessional Division of Bungay.
Barristerat-law.
Author. Justice of the Peace for Norfolk and Suffolk.
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(It was but two hours after midnight, yet many were wakefu...)
(College Library PR 4131 Dedication My dear John Berwick, ...)
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(Two Books in One (SHE and its sequel Ayesha - The Return ...)
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(Hardcover, 294 pages, containing 23 black & white plates ...)
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(Three novels which follow the exploits of Allan Quartermain.)
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(A Tale of Three Lions - Allan Quatermain Stories - By H. ...)
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(Ditchingham House, Norfolk, May, 1917. My dear Roosevelt,...)
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(First published in 1894. A "lost race" fantasy set in cen...)
(This book is in English. This book contains 374 pages.)
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