Henry Rider Haggard

The book was first printed in 1889.The story is set in the Ptolemaic era of Ancient Egyptian history and revolves around the survival of a dynasty bloodline protected by the Priesthood of Isis. The main character Harmachis (the living descendant of the pharaohs bloodline) is charged by the Priesthood to overthrow the supposed impostor Cleopatra, drive out the Greeks and Romans and restore Egypt to its golden era.

Las minas del rey Salomón (1885) fue la primera novela de aventuras ambientada en África en inglés. Con ella, Henry Rider Haggard creó a su personaje predilecto, el cazador Allan Quatermain, un hombre de accion cuyas relaciones con los nativos oscilan entre la mano dura y el paternalismo, entre el desprecio y la admiracion. Aunque redactada en una prosa sencilla y concisa - al autor solo le llevo algo mas de un mes-, la historia resulta tan extraordinaria, segun su propio protagonista, que no necesita del adorno de las bellas palabras. El novelista, administrador colonial e ingeniero agronomo Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) viajo por primera vez a Africa cuando solo tenia 19 años. Gracias a ello, Haggard recorrio el territorio y entro en contacto con las costumbres de las diversas tribus africanas. El conocimiento de este novedoso mundo le sirvio para nutrir de material su obra literaria, pero tambien para presentar de forma amena las vidas de hombres extraordinarios y poner al alcance de todos los principales incidentes de la historia de Africa desde una perspectiva diferente a la europea y civilizada.

Classic / British English Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good and Allan Quatermain are travelling to the mysterious, unmapped heart of Africa. Sir Henry wants to find his missing brother. Quatermain wants to find King Solomon's secret treasure. Is Sir Henry's brother still alive? Will they find King Solomon's treasure? Does the treasure even exist...? This Pack contains a Book and MP3

Over a century after the début of the intrepid hunter explorer Allan Quatermain in King Solomons Mines (1885), he remains one of the great heroes of literature. The most famous of H. Rider Haggards 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, Allans 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 resume of the authors life and career from 1856 to his death in 1925. He also supplies a chronology of the fictional explorers life linked to the novels and stories, so that new readers can follow his career to his death in 1885.

The Wanderers Necklace is classic Haggard, filled with adventure, intrigue, and steadfastness in the face of overwhelming obstacles. The Editor" recalls his past life as Olaf, an 8th century Norseman. Olaf opens the ancient tomb of the Wanderer and discovers a sword and half a necklace on the warriors crumbling skeleton. Olaf must find the other half of the necklace, and the woman who wears it. Love, betrayal, a clash with Norse god Odin, and the attentions of toxic Byzantine Empress Irene test Olaf to his limits

Las minas del Rey Salomón viene fascinando desde hace más de un siglo a los lectores amantes de la aventura, el exotismo y, también, de la buena literatura. Originariamente se publicó en 1885 y obtuvo un inmediato exito, que luego ratificarian las traducciones a otros idiomas (un dato notable: Eça de Queiroz lo vertio al portugues) y las diversas adaptaciones en medios como las revistas o el cine.

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good and Allan Quatermain are travelling to the mysterious, unmapped heart of Africa. Sir Henry wants to find his missing brother. Quatermain wants to find King Solomons secret treasure. Is Sir Henrys brother still alive? Will they find King Solomons treasure? Does the treasure even exist...?

Afinales del siglo xix las tierras de África, en parte inexploradas, ofrecían un escenario ideal para situar aventuras exóticas de final impredecible. Allí colocó Haggard a Allan Quatermain, el cazador de elefantes, enrolado en un viaje erizado de dificultades en busca de las portentosas minas del rey Salomon. Una sucesion de peligros, ocasionados por la naturaleza, las fieras y los nativos ?que no entienden la idolatria de los blancos por las piedras? se interprondra en su camino. De todo ello surge una pregunta esencial: si la civilizacion materialista y obsesionada por el dinero no sera en el fondo mas salvaje que esas tribus belicosas perdidas en el corazon de la selva.

As minas do rei Salomón é a primeira gran novela da saga africana que escribiu Henry Rider Haggard na que aparece o seu heroe carismático, o veterano cazador de elefantes Allan Quatermain, pobre pero honesto, afouto e prudente a un tempo, hábil coa lingua e co rifle, coñecedor dos homes e de Africa e cun obxectivo moi claro na vida: asegura-lo futuro do seu fillo Harry. Ó coñecemento directo dos escenarios polo autor engádese a fascinación propia do grande continente misterioso e mais a aventura incesante na odisea humana a través do perigo.

This carefully crafted ebook: "AYESHA SERIES Complete Collection: She (A History of Adventure) + Ayesha (The Return of She) + She & Allan + Wisdoms Daughter" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:"She" is one of the classics of imaginative literature, and one of the best-selling books of all time. She was extraordinarily popular upon its release and has never been out of print. The story is a first-person narrative that follows the journey of Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. There they encounter a primitive race of natives and a mysterious white queen named Ayesha who reigns as the all-powerful "She", or "She-who-must-be-obeyed". In this work, Rider Haggard developed the conventions of the Lost World subgenre, which many later authors emulated."Ayesha, the Return of She" is a gothic-fantasy novel, a sequel to his far more popular and well known novel, She. "She and Allan" is a novel, in which Haggard brought together his two most popular characters, Ayesha from She (to which it serves as a prequel), and Allan Quatermain from King Solomons Mines.Wisdoms Daughter is the final book in the Ayesha series.Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. His novels portray many of the stereotypes associated with colonialism, yet they are unusual for the degree of sympathy with which the native populations are portrayed.