Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard, Fiction, Fantasy, Classics, Action & Adventure

Haggard, H. Rider

ISBN 10: 1598189441 / ISBN 13: 9781598189445

Published by Aegypan, 2005

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A few small marks or stains to the page edges/pages . Minor shelf wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard, Fiction, Fantasy, Classics, Action & Adventure
• Publisher: Aegypan
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598189441
• ISBN 13: 9781598189445
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 358.3 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its sequels. In King Solomon's Mines, Haggard introduces the reader to Allan Quatermain, now one of the most famous literary adventure characters. Second in the series, this book, Allan Quatermain, continues the story of this daring man and chronicles in first person (and through correspondence from some of his fictitious companions) his adventures in Africa. Thought to be one of the fictional characters upon which another such person, Indiana Jones, is based, Quatermain is nevertheless a humble man. By his own definition, he is an ". . . 'Adventurer' -- he that goes out to meet whatever may come. Well, that is what we all do in the world one way or another . . ."

About the Author

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925), known as H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.