Allan's Wife - Couverture souple

Haggard, Sir H Rider

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1605972886 ISBN 13 : 9781605972886

Editeur : Book Jungle, 2008

Synopsis

Henry Rider Haggard was a British Victorian writer known for his adventure novels set is exotic places. His writings are sympathetic to the natives. He often portrayed Africans as heroic in his stories even though the main characters are usually European. Allan's Wife is part of the Allan Quartermain series. Alan Quartermain was the main character in the novel King Solomon's Mines. He also appears in several sequels including Marie and the novel She which paired Quartermain with another Haggard character favorite Ayesha. . Quartermain was a progressive Victorian. He was a big game hunter in Africa who championed the cause of the natives.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was born at Bradenham, Norfolk, the eighth of ten children, to Sir William Meybohm Rider Haggard, a barrister, and Ella Doveton, an author and poet. In 1875, his father sent him to what is now South Africa to take up an unpaid position as assistant to the secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer. In 1876 he was transferred to the staff of the Special Commissioner for the Transvaal. It was in this role that he was present in Pretoria in April 1877 for the official announcement of the British annexation of the Boer Republic of the Transvaal.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 third Quartermain book, we get a more personal glimpse into the life of a legend!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Jungle
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1605972886
• ISBN 13: 9781605972886
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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