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(0)H. Rider Haggard
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English
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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...
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English
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H.R. Haggard's classic tale of savage adventure in untamed Africa is reimagined by veteran comics creators, Pablo Marcos and Mark Ellis. Before Tarzan and long before Indiana Jones there was Allan Quatermain-the quick-witted adventurer equally at home in the drawing rooms of London and the Dark Continent of 19th century Africa. When he meets the beautiful Princess Ignosa, the living embodiment of fierce female grace, Quatermain is drawn down a path...
83) Joan Haste
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English
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"Joan Haste" is a novel by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1895. It is a romantic story set in rural England in the late 19th century. The plot revolves around Joan Haste, a young woman who is the daughter of a village drunkard. Despite her humble beginnings, Joan is beautiful and intelligent, and catches the eye of a wealthy local landowner named Sir Edward Leithen. Sir Edward falls in love with Joan and begins to court her, despite the disapproval...
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English
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The final novel in H. Rider Haggard's much-anticipated trilogy, 'Allan and the Ice Gods', sees the return of Allan Quatermain and features Lady Luna Ragnall and the taduki drug yet again. This time, however, Allan is refusing to see Lady Luna Ragnall. The awkwardness of the last three drug-induced visions, revealing their marriage, left him squirming. But she is about to let spill that their ancient counterparts were right. And they were indeed married....
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Delphi Classics
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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One of the greatest adventure story writers of all time, H. Rider Haggard was a prolific novelist, whose exciting tales have entertained readers for over a hundred years. This comprehensive eBook offers readers the collected works, with the usual Delphi bonus texts. (Version 3)
Allan Quatermain Series
Ayesha Series
The Umslopogaas Series
The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation Series
The Novels
Dawn (1884)
86) Stella Fregelius
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Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
'Stella Fregelius' explores spiritual and mystical themes in stark contrast to Haggard's hallmark exotic adventure stories. It is a romantic but nonetheless profound story about an investor named Morris who is forced to marry his cousin, only to fall in love with another woman shortly thereafter. This is, however, not a book with a happy ending. Misfortune strikes and a death occurs in tragic circumstances, leaving Morris utterly devastated and in...
87) She and Allen
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Publisher
BookRix
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
She and Allan is a novel by H. Rider Haggard. It brought together his two most popular characters, Ayesha from She (to which it serves as a prequel), and Allan Quatermain from King Solomon's Mines.
Wanting to learn if he can communicate with deceased loved ones, adventurer and trader Allan Quatermain seeks a meeting with the feared Zulu witch-doctor Zikali. He tells Allan he must seek out a great white sorceress who rules a hidden kingdom far...
Wanting to learn if he can communicate with deceased loved ones, adventurer and trader Allan Quatermain seeks a meeting with the feared Zulu witch-doctor Zikali. He tells Allan he must seek out a great white sorceress who rules a hidden kingdom far...
88) Only a Dream
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Publisher
Red Door Consulting
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856 – 1925), known as H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure stories, often set in exotic locations, especially Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre.
"Only a Dream" is a ghost story about the strange experience of a widower about to remarry, who is visited on the eve of his wedding by the ghastly apparition of his dead first wife.
"Only a Dream" is a ghost story about the strange experience of a widower about to remarry, who is visited on the eve of his wedding by the ghastly apparition of his dead first wife.
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B.J. Harrison
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Haggard wrote Allan Quatermain immediately after King Solomon's Mines, though it takes place at the chronological tail end of Quatermain's adventures. He has just lost his only son, and is now wearied with the traditional English lifestyle. He longs for the wilds of Africa. He convinces his friends Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good as well as the Zulu chief Umbopa to return to Africa in search of a fabled race of white people.
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Originally published in 1890, The World's Desire follows a wandering man's odyssey as he discovers the traumatic fate of his loved ones and native land. He is forced to embark on a new adventure led by the old gods. The story centers the fabled hero of Ithaca, Odysseus, as he returns from his latest trek. Instead of finding his wife and son, he's blindsided by a natural disaster including a deadly plague. His former home is in shambles and his wife...