H. Rider Haggard

Set in South Africa the novel tells the story of a young Englishman named Allan Quatermain and his companions, who become embroiled in a war between the natives and a tribe of white settlers. The story begins with Allan Quatermain and his friend, a Zulu warrior named Umslopogaas, traveling through the wilderness when they are captured by a band of Kaffirs. The Kaffirs are led by a beautiful woman named Maiwa, who seeks revenge against the white settlers...

Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quartermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quartermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. In this the fourth Quartermain book we watch with Allan as a Zulu Woman takes her revenge!

The Way of the Spirit is a novel centring on sexuality and its renunciation, but with a voyage both spatial and spiritual and an isolated community in Egypt that approximates a lost race.

This novel is the final volume of the Allan Quatermain saga, and it comprises the fourth part of a loosely linked series begun with Allan and the Holy Flower. Once more Quatermain takes the hallucinogenic taduki drug, as he did in previous novels, and he finds himself reliving as Wi, an civilised man living in the barbaric ice age as part of a clan of cavemen.

A story of faith and love, Pearl-Maiden follows the life of Miriam, a young Christian woman loved by both a Roman officer and a Jewish boy during the fall of Jerusalem. Brought to life in a way only fin-de-siecle writer H. Rider Haggard could, this historical fiction novel interweaves a sense of strength in one's faith into the constant twists of adventure and romance.

In the sun-drenched tapestry of literary adventure, few works resonate with the vibrancy and allure as H. Rider Haggard's magnum opus, "King Solomon's Mines." Crafted with the precision of a master storyteller, this seminal novel beckons readers into a world where the uncharted heart of Africa becomes the crucible for a tale that blends the heady concoction of treasure hunting, perilous quests, and the mysteries of a bygone era. As the sun ascends...

Ramose is the offspring of an Egyptian Pharaoh and a Greek woman. Brought up in a life of luxury he is catapulted into a life of adventure, which leads him to the fall of Babylon at the hand of the Persian Empire under Cyrus. The last novel written by Haggard; finished just before his death and published posthumously.

An Englishman undertakes a quest to find Ayesha, the mysterious white queen of a Central African tribe--a monstrous and desirable female.