- Paperback: 330 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (21 May 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192834754
- ISBN-13: 978-0192834751
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,578,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Allan Quatermain , sequel to King Solomon's Mines and based on Haggard's own experiences in Africa, was written in just ten weeks in 1885. Once more Allan Quatermain and his companions set out for Africa, this time in search of a white race reputed to live north of Mount Kenya. They survive fierce encounters with Masai warriors, undergo a terrifying subterranean journey, and discover a lost civilization before being caught up in a passionate love-triangle that engulfs the country in a ferocious civil war. Haggard not only narrates his story with wonderfully dramatic and poetic touches, but also reveals many Victorian preoccupations with evolution and race, sexuality, and the `New Woman'. The text is that of the first English book edition with the more important corrections and revisions from the serialization of the novel in Longman's Magazine given in the Explanatory Notes. This book is intended for students of nineteenth-century popular fiction.
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Dennis Butts is Lecturer in Children's Literature at Reading University.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Nice sequel to "King Solomon",
By Cecilia S. Idiart (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Allan Quatermain (Penguin Popular Classics) (Paperback)
Allan Quatermain and his friends Sir Henry Curtis and John Good find themselves thirsty for adventure after their return to England from the caves of King Solomon and therefore decide to go back to Africa, this time not in search of hidden treasure, but of a white race supposed to inhabit the interior of the continent. After quite an eventful journey, they reach Zu-Vendis, a fantastic country, where still more dangers are in store for them . . . The author succeeds in creating an adventure-packed atmosphere as well as in describing to the reader the beauties and marvels of the African landscapes and peoples. In comparison to "King Solomon's Mines", "Allan Quatermain" is a rather more personal work, in which the narrator criticises the civilized, modern world. I found it a great deal more moving and emotive, too. Altogether, a very nice book for the lovers of adventure who also have a tender heart.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Allan Quatermain,
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This review is from: Allan Quatermain (Library Binding)
If you've read King solomon's mines then this book is a necessary read. The return of Captain good, Henry Curtis and the hero, Allan Quatermain is one of the best in the series a true adventure from one of the greatest writers ever. The book tells of the adventure of the trio into the heart of the dark continent in search of a lost white race in the interior. It is definitely an eventfull journey. Joining the party is and old zulu war dog Umslopogaas an axe wielding warrior to journey with them on their adventures. A battle with the Maasai, an underground river and of course the nation of Zu-Vendis and all the dangers it holds, in the battle between the two sister queens....
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The ultimate adventure,
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This review is from: Allan Quatermain (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Paperback)
For lovers of adventure stories this is the book for you. The sequal to king solomons mines proves even more dangerous than kukuanland. The trio are back joined by the zulu chief Umsopogaas they row up the river Tana to a mission station where they are threated my Maasai but with the help of the leader of the mission they defy the threat and destroy the opposition. The continue over uncharted and lakes and after many adventures they find themseleves in the prescence of the Zu-Vendi, a lost white race in the heart of Africa.Though they appaer to be safe the twin queens of Zu-vendis prove to be more dangerous than all of the troubles it took to get them there.
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