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Allan Quatermain

by H. Rider Haggard

Category: Fiction

Status: Available

Source: Public Domain — Project Gutenberg

About This Book

"Allan Quatermain" by H. Rider Haggard is a novel published in 1887. This sequel to "King Solomon's Mines" follows the legendary explorer as he ventures deep into uncharted African territory with his companions. Seeking escape after personal tragedy, Quatermain discovers the hidden kingdom of Zu-Vendis, ruled by two rival sisters. What begins as exploration transforms into deadly conflict when forbidden love and political intrigue ignite a devastating civil war in this lost civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Allan Quatermain

by H. Rider Haggard

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INTRODUCTION

NOTE BY GEORGE CURTIS, Esq. AUTHORITIES

I inscribe this book of adventure to my son ARTHUR JOHN RIDER HAGGARD

in the hope that in days to come he, and many other boys whom I shall never know, may, in the acts and thoughts of Allan Quatermain and his companions, as herein recorded, find something to help him and them to reach to what, with Sir Henry Curtis, I hold to be the highest rank whereto we can attain—the state and dignity of English gentlemen.

INTRODUCTION

December 23

“I have just buried my boy, my poor handsome boy of whom I was so proud, and my heart is broken. It is very hard having only one son to lose him thus, but God’s will be done. Who am I that I

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