Tuesday, February 14, 2017

She, by H. Rider Haggard


  • Did not read

This is one of a few books on my bookshelf to remain unread. The author is famous for King Solomon's Mines. In this book, according to the description on the back of this Oxford University Press World's Classics paperback edition, "Haggard drew again on his knowledge of Africa and of ancient legends, but also on something deeper and more disturbing." The titular She is "Ayesha, the mysterious white queen of a Central African tribe, whose dread title, She-who-must-be-obeyed, testifies to her undying beauty and magical powers; but they serve equally well to describe the hold of her author, Henry Rider Haggard, on generations of readers."

I presumed this to be in the same vain of Heard of Darkness, but with more of an Indiana Jones feel (Allan Quartermain is another of Rider Haggard's works).

Oxford University Press
World's Classics
ISBN 0-19-282767-7
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

New Covenant Kids pages

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