The Wizard - Couverture souple

Haggard, Sir H Rider

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1600968619 ISBN 13 : 9781600968617

Editeur : Classic Books Library, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Described by the author, best known for his King Solomon's Mines, as "a tale of victorious faith," this story begins on a Sunday afternoon in an English church. Most of the book, though, is set in Africa, and the adventure story is as engaging as any of Haggard's African tales. What makes this one different is the religious question: What has happened to miracles in the church? Is there any power left in Jesus' promise, "Whoso that believeth in me, the works that I do he shall do also, and whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do"?

Pious man of God Thomas Owen makes a pilgrimage to the depths of Africa to try to bring a hopeful message of Christian faith to the struggling masses. Though he expects to meet some resistance and perhaps even to encounter some perilous obstacles along the way, nothing could prepare him for the barrage of curses and spells cast by a mysterious but seemingly all-powerful shaman figure. Will Owen manage to make it out alive?

One of the greatest adventure story writers of all time, H. Rider Haggard’s novels have entertained readers for over a hundred years.

(cover image courtesy of Vivek Chugh)

Biographie de l'auteur

Henry Rider Haggard was born on June 22, 1856, in Bradenham, Norfolk, England, the eighth of ten children. His father was a barrister and his mother was an author and poet. Although his brothers all attended private schools, his father, figuring he would never amount to anything, sent him to a public elementary school. Later, he failed the entrance exam to the army. In 1875, his father sent him to South Africa to take an unpaid job. It was here, that Haggard raised the British flag and read the proclamation that Britain was annexing the Boer Republic of the Transvaal. He also fell in love, but his father forbid him to marry. Upon returning to England in 1880, he married Mariana Louisa Margitson, a friend of his sister. They had four children, one of whom also became an author. While there, he also studied law, beginning a practice in 1884. Haggard preferred writing however, writing “King Solomon’s Mines,” the first of the 18 Allan Quatermain series in 1885. He died on May 14, 1925, at the age of 68, in London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Classic Books Library
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1600968619
• ISBN 13: 9781600968617
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
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• Personne responsable: non disponible