[PDF] H Rider Haggard Collection Novels eBook

Author : H. Rider Haggard
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,54 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1775450910

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Though he was best known as a writer of fantastic action-adventure tales, including the Allan Quatermain series from which the modern-day Indiana Jones films drew inspiration, H. Rider Haggard also worked in the genre of historical fiction from time to time. This novel is a fictionalized account of the Israelites' enslavement and eventual escape from Egypt.

Author : H. Rider Haggard
Publisher : Ozymandias Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 17,39 MB
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1531285716

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I believe it was the old Egyptians - a very wise people, probably indeed much wiser than we know for in the leisure of their ample centuries they had time to think out things - who declared that each individual personality is made up of six or seven different elements, although the Bible only allows us three, namely body soul and spirit...

Author : Henry Rider Haggard
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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It was evening in Egypt, thousands of years ago, when the Prince Abi, governor of Memphis and of great territories in the Delta, made fast his ship of state to a quay beneath the outermost walls of the mighty city of Uast or Thebes, which we moderns know

Author : Gerald Monsman
Publisher : E & L Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 28,87 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780944318218

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"This is the first book-length study of H. R. H.'s African fiction. It revised the image of Rider Haggard (1836-1925) as a mere writer of adventure stories, a brassy propagandist for British imperialism. Professor Monsman places Haggard's imaginative works both in the context of colonial fiction writing and in the framework of subsequent postcolonial debates about history and its representation."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Henry Haggard
Publisher : Aegitas
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0369405242

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and quot;Beatrice and quot; was first published in 1890, and was H. Rider Haggard and 's 10th novel, out of 58 titles. Unlike so many of his other books, and quot;Beatrice and quot; is one that features almost no action scenes whatsoever; no lost races, no adventure, no battles, no supernatural elements. What it IS, is a beautifully written romance novel; indeed, is is one of Haggard and 's most emotional works. It tells the story of the ill-fated love affair between Beatrice Granger, an unmarried Welsh school teacher, and Geoffrey Bingham, an unhappily married barrister who lives in London. This all starts after Beatrice saves Geoffrey and 's life in a canoeing accident during a tremendous storm and (in the book and 's only true action set piece and ), and the two become interested in one another. Trouble awaits, in the form of Bingham and 's wife Honoria and (who and 's only interested in money and social climbing and ), Owen Davies and (one of the richest men in Wales, who is morbidly obsessed with marrying Beatrice and ), and Elizabeth and (Beatrice and 's older sister, who will do just about anything to marry Davies herself and ).

Author : H. Rider Haggard
Publisher :
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 36,76 MB
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781500299859

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (1856 – 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 throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.In this book:King Solomon's MinesAllan QuatermainAllan's WifeMaiwa's Revenge, The War of the Little HandMarie, An Episode in The Life of the late Allan QuatermainChild of StormAllan and the Holy Flower

Author : H. Rider Haggard
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 25,54 MB
Release : 2018-05-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781719008709

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Much of H. Rider Haggard's body of work focuses on the globetrotting adventures of grizzled explorer Allan Quatermain. The thought-provoking tale The Mahatma and the Hare finds the author in a more philosophical mood. Almost fable-like in its simplicity, this profound story probes questions of morality, fairness and life after death. Settle in for a thrill-a-minute journey to the land of the ancient Incans in H. Rider Haggard's novel The Virgin of the Sun. An antique dealer whose life is thrown into disarray by a sudden tragedy sets off for the adventure of a lifetime-and along the way finds a romance that begins to heal his hardened heart.

Author : H. Rider Haggard
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 11,4 MB
Release : 2018-05-11
Category :
ISBN : 9781718988569

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In the novel Child of Storm, H. Rider Haggard's most famous character, Allan Quatermain, continues to indulge his penchant for globe-trotting adventure in a tumultuous journey across Africa. Upon his arrival, he discovers that one of his closest friends has fallen head over heels in love with one of the most beautiful -- and dangerous -- women in the world, and he will stop at nothing to win this accused witch's affection. Will Quatermain be able to intervene before it's too late -- or will he succumb to the vixen's charms, as well? Get set for adventure with this rip-roaring tale from action-fantasy master H. Rider Haggard. The Ivory Child sees intrepid explorer Allan Quatermain venturing into unknown territory to rescue a kidnapping victim. Along the way, he inadvertently stumbles into an array of thorny situations, including a tribal civil war. Will Quatermain triumph and make it back alive?