- Unknown Binding: 247 pages
- Publisher: Thames Publishing Co (1956)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0000CJIK3
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,447,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Haggard was an early 20th century British writer. He favored adventure stories set in exotic surroundings. Although Haggard is best known for his book King Solomon's Mine, this tale of adventure, romance and fantasy is by far one of his better works. Umslopogaas is a Zulu warrior in love with the beautiful Nada the Lily. Umslopogaas must flee for his life. During his adventures he is taken by a lion and then rescued by the king of the army of ghost-wolves. With the help of their weapons, Groan-Maker and the club Watcher of the Woods, they fight for glory and honor.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have been searching for an in-print copy of this book for over 30 years since I first read it as a teenager. The book tells the tale of the hero Umslopogaas, the illegitimate son of the great Zulu king and military general, Chaka. It is at once a tale of adventure, romance and tragedy set against the back-drop of the rise of the Zulu nation during and after the reign of Chaka. Haggard includes many details of historical events that took place and his descriptions of the Africa of the Zulus, while sometimes over-blown, are entirely believable. Although the book is entitled 'Nada the Lily', the 'fair one' and the centre of the romantic interest in the novel, it is the whirl of events surrounding the main character Umslopogaas that drives the story. Haggard was clearly a great admirer of these proud and savage people and gives an accurate account of their society and early history, touched with a young man's feeling for the sense of adventure that Haggard must have felt himself during his days in Africa. Although the English used may sound a little strange to the modern reader, this book is an excellent read!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Nada the Lily is undoubtably a good read. The story is well told and the book is hard to put down. Like a previous reviewer I too first read it when I was a teenager and for a long time had wanted to read it again. It was not available in my local or regional library so I searched Amazon and was pleased to find it there.
The print version I bought was the "Wildside Adventure" one, published in 2001 by Wildside Press. Regretably this version is strewn with typographic errors which take some of the enjoyment off the read and, at times, I found them very frustrating. There are literally dozens of them throughout the book. Some change the intended meaning of a sentence and a few make it absolute nonsense. I thoroughly recommend the book but suggest that this version is not the one to buy.
The print version I bought was the "Wildside Adventure" one, published in 2001 by Wildside Press. Regretably this version is strewn with typographic errors which take some of the enjoyment off the read and, at times, I found them very frustrating. There are literally dozens of them throughout the book. Some change the intended meaning of a sentence and a few make it absolute nonsense. I thoroughly recommend the book but suggest that this version is not the one to buy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was thrilled to be able to obtain a reprint of this book by H. Rider Haggard. However, I was less pleased by the quality of the typing which had obviously been done on a computer but had not been proof read properly. I appreciate that computers have made the production of old books more cost effective but I have several first editions by the same author that are over 100 years old which have, perhaps, one or two typographical errors in the entire volume.
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Nada the Lily
I read this book(several times) when I was a schoolboy. It is an epic adventure interwoven with historical fact based on the rise of the Zulu nation. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Enjaysee.
Great read - pity about the typo errors
I thoroughly agree with the review by D. Bradbury. For me this was also a return to a much-loved book of my youth; the one you go to after reading King Solomon's Mines to find out... Read more
Published on 9 July 2009 by C. Fox-Kirk
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