Allan Quatermain series
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Allan Quatermain series volume 1
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H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines tells of a group of adventurers journeying into unexplored Africa in order to find the missing brother of one of the party. The book became an immediate bestseller after publication in 1885. At the time large parts of Africa remained unexplored by Europeans and the book captured the imagination of the public.
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Allan Quatermain series volume 2
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Allan Quatermain, grieving from the tragic loss of his son, longs to return to his beloved Africa. He sets out in search of a lost white tribe, the Zu-Vendis, ruled by two beautiful sister Queens. Quatermain's companions are the indefatigable Sir Henry Curtis, Captain Good, and the magnificent Zulu warrior Umslopogaas. The journey is incredibly dangerous, and after a fantastic underground journey by canoe, the heroes are embroiled in a bloody civil...
3) Marie
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Allan Quatermain series volume 5
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This first novel in Henry Rider Haggard's Zulu trilogy depicts the tumultuous political era of the 1830s involving the trek-Boers, the French colonists, and the Zulu tribe in the Cape colony of South Africa. Hate and suspicion run high between the home government and the Dutch subjects.Allan Quatermain accompanies the ill-fated Pieter Retief and the Boer Commission on an embassy to the Zulu despot Dingaan. Along the way, villains attempt to kill Allan...
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Allan Quatermain series volume 6
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In this sequel to Marie, Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko in a crazy battle to win 100 cattle for the dowry of his love, Mameena. However, the beautiful and mysterious Mameena, known as the "Child of Storm," seduces Allan and tries to engage him in marriage.Fortunately, Quatermain sees through her witchcraft. The Zulu king declares Mameena a witch and sentences her to death for many offenses, including causing a civil war. The saga continues...
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Treasure of the lake , Allan Quatermain series volume 13
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