Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas Series by H. Rider Haggard, Henry Rider Haggard

3.74 · 239 ratings
  • Wisdom's Daughter (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #1)
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    Wisdom's Daughter (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #1)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1923

    In the fourth and final book in the She sequence, the beautiful and immortal Ayesha tells her tale of power, wisdom, love, and deception, in her own wordsArabian by birth, Ayesha's natural beauty was the cause in her father's kingdom of many wars and conflicts between jealous princes and suitors, leading to a rumor that she was cursed... more

  • Nada the Lily (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #2)
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    Nada the Lily (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #2)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1892

    On the third day he asked Zweete how it was that his left hand was white and shriveled and who were Umslopogaas and Nada, of whom he had let fall some words. Then the old man told him the tale that is set out here. Day by day he told some of it till it was finished. It was the past that spoke to his listener, telling of deeds long forgotten, of deeds that are no more known... more

  • Marie (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #3)
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    Marie (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #3)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1912

    Nearly thirty-seven years have gone by, more than a generation, since first we saw the shores of Southern Africa rising from the sea. Since then how much has happened: the Annexation of the Transvaal, the Zulu War, the first Boer War, the discovery of the Rand, the taking of Rhodesia, the second Boer War, and many other matters which in these quick-moving times are now reckoned as ancient history. Alas! I fear that were we to re-visit that country we should find but few faces which we knew... more

  • The Ghost Kings (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #4)
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    The Ghost Kings (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #4)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 1908

    Rachel Dove's and Richard Darrien's lives first intersect in Africa when Richard saves Rachel, a minister's daughter, from a flash flood. Years pass before they meet again: This time Rachel needs help escaping a Zulu tribe that would have her as their goddess and evading another man who wants her for his own.Excerpt: Nay, King," she answered, "what I said then, I said once and for all. Read thou the saying as thou wilt, or let the Ghost-people interpret it to thee. Hear me, King and Councillors... more

  • Allan's Wife (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #5)
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    Allan's Wife (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #5)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1889

    The third novel H. Rider Haggard's celebrated Allan Quatermain series, this book tells more stories of Quartermain's time in South Africa--presenting his observations about two dueling witch doctors, his father's death, and, eventually, the fate of his wife, Stella.Excerpt:For a moment I literally staggered beneath the terror of the shock. Then I roused myself from my despair. I bade the native run and alarm the people at the kraals, telling them to come armed, and bring me guns and ammunition... more

  • Child of Storm (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #6)
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    Child of Storm (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #6)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 1913

    Adventurer Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko win 100 cattle to buy his true love Mameena ("Child of Storm"). The mysterious Mameena, however, has other ideas-she wants to marry Allan Quatermain. This publication from Boomer Books is specially designed and typeset for comfortable reading.

  • Maiwa's Revenge; Or, The War of the Little Hand (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #7)
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    Maiwa's Revenge; Or, The War of the Little Hand (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #7)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1888

    Maiwa is a woman who is set on revenge, And what Maiwa wants, Maiwa gets!

  • Heu-Heu (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #9)
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    Heu-Heu (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #9)

    H. Rider Haggard, Henry Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 1924

    Heu Heu, or the Monster is a novel by H. Rider Haggard. Allan Quatermain tells the story of a monster in Rhodesia.

  • She and Allan (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #10)
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    She and Allan (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #10)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 1921

    Sir Henry Rider Haggard - 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.

  • The Treasure of the Lake (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #11)
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    The Treasure of the Lake (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #11)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 1926

    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... more

  • Black Heart and White Heart (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #13)
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    Black Heart and White Heart (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #13)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 1896

    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... more

  • Allan Quatermain in Finished (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #15)
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    Allan Quatermain in Finished (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #15)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1917

    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... more

  • King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #16)
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    King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #16)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings · published 1885

    H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines has entertained generations of readers since its first publication in 1885. Following a mysterious map of dubious reliability, a small group of men trek into southern Africa in search of a lost friend-and a lost treasure, the fabled mines of King Solomon... more

  • She: A History of Adventure (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #17)
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    She: A History of Adventure (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #17)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings · published 1886

    She is the story of Cambridge professor Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey, and their journey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. The journey is triggered by a mysterious package left to Leo by his father, to be opened on his 25th birthday; the package contains an ancient shard of pottery and several documents, suggesting an ancient mystery about the Vincey family... more

  • She: A History of Adventure (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #17)
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    She: A History of Adventure (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #17)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1887

    On his twenty-fifth birthday, Leo Vincey opens the silver casket that his father has left to him. It contains a letter recounting the legend of a white sorceress who rules an African tribe and of his father’s quest to find this remote race. To find out for himself if the story is true, Leo and his companions set sail for Zanzibar. There, he is brought face to face with Ayesha, She-who-must-be-obeyed: dictator, femme fatale, tyrant and beauty... more

  • Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #20)
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    Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #20)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings · published 1887

    Allan Quartermain is a sequel to the famous novel King Solomon's Mines. Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back into the wilderness. Having persuaded Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good, and the Zulu chief Umbopa to accompany him, they set out from the coast of east Africa, this time in search of a white race reputed to live north of Mount Kenya... more

  • Ayesha: The Return of She (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #21)
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    Ayesha: The Return of She (Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas #21)

    H. Rider Haggard

    Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1905

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