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Hunter Quatermain’s StoryH. Rider HaggardSelected and Introduced by Peter HainingOver a century after the début of the intrepid hunter explorer Allan Quatermain in King Solomon’s Mines (1885), he remains one of the great heroes of literature. The most famous of H. Rider Haggard’s dozen novels about him — including Allan Quatermain and Allan and the Ice Gods — have been regularly reprinted for new generations of readers. But there is also a novelette, Allan's Wife, and four short stories of his adventures which have never been collected in one volume. Peter Haining at last brings these stories together, introducing the tales with a detailed résumé of the author’s life and career from 1856 to his death in 1925. He also supplies a chronology of the fictional explorer’s life linked to the novels and stories, so that new readers can follow his career to his death in 1885. ‘Wonderfully vivid . . . These lesser-known stories bear witness to Haggard’s ever-fertile imagination and vivid description powers, and for many of us they will bring back happy memories of a bloodthirsty childhood.’ — Spectator ‘Damn fine, if you're an Indiana Jones adventure type.’ — Ladsmag ‘Truly fantastic adventures . . . these stories are classic in every sense.’ — Western Daily Press SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD (1856–1925) is one of the world’s best-loved novelists. He began his career as a civil servant in South Africa, the evocative landscape of which country would provide the setting for many of his best-selling books. He was knighted in 1912 |
