Southern Africa

8 books

Allan QuatermainH. Rider Haggard · 1887An 1887 adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard, this sequel to King Solomon's Mines follows hunter Allan Quatermain who, grieving the loss of his son in England, returns to Africa with companions seeking the wilderness once more.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Allan's WifeH. Rider Haggard · 1889A novel by H. Rider Haggard, presented as the memoir of adventurer Allan Quatermain recounting his childhood in England and emigration to Africa, his marriage to Stella, and adventures including battles with Zulu warriors and encounters with a baboon-woman.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

FinishedH. Rider Haggard · 1917A novel narrated by Allan Quatermain, completing Haggard's trilogy begun with Marie and Child of Storm. It follows the wizard Zikali's revenge on the Zulu royal house, set against historical events including the British annexation of the Transvaal and the Zulu War of 1879.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Hunter Quatermain's StoryH. Rider Haggard · 1885An 1885 short story by H. Rider Haggard in which Allan Quatermain, a guest at Sir Henry Curtis's Yorkshire estate, entertains dinner guests by recounting an African buffalo hunt while withholding the tale of the treasure of King Solomon's Mines.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

King Solomon's MinesH. Rider Haggard · 1885An 1885 adventure novel narrated by Allan Quatermain, a hunter and trader in Natal, who recounts an expedition with Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good across a desert into Kukuanaland in search of the legendary mines of King Solomon.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Prester JohnJohn Buchan · 1910A 1910 adventure novel by John Buchan following a young Scottish narrator from boyhood in a seaside town to involvement with a mysterious black clergyman and a legend of treasure and empire in southern Africa.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

SheH. Rider Haggard · 1887An 1887 adventure novel presented as an edited manuscript, in which scholar Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey journey into Africa, following an ancient relic's clue to a mysterious, immortal queen known as She.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Sign of the SpiderBertram Mitford · 1897A novel by Bertram Mitford, published in 1897, following Laurence Stanninghame, a middle-aged Englishman trapped in an unhappy marriage and mounting debt, who leaves his dreary suburban life to seek his fortune in Johannesburg during the gold boom.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية