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Lost treasure, the roar of the lion and high adventure!
These are the first two adventures of H. Rider Haggard's famous character-Allan Quatermain. Quatermain is the ultimate white man in Africa—the Great White Hunter, adventurer and guide. These are stories brim full of action, romance, big game hunting, hairsbreadth escapes from dangerous animals and the fierce peoples of the Dark Continent, fantastical landscapes and strange hidden cultures—with lost cities from a time when vast expanses of this mysterious land remained untrodden by the feet of Western man and it seemed that anything was yet possible. In this first volume of the complete Quatermain novels and short stories—available from Leonaur in hard and soft cover—are the ever popular 'King Solomon’s Mines' and 'Allan Quatermain'. These books will be a joy for all collectors who will relish the opportunity to own all the adventures in a coordinated collection.
These are the first two adventures of H. Rider Haggard's famous character-Allan Quatermain. Quatermain is the ultimate white man in Africa—the Great White Hunter, adventurer and guide. These are stories brim full of action, romance, big game hunting, hairsbreadth escapes from dangerous animals and the fierce peoples of the Dark Continent, fantastical landscapes and strange hidden cultures—with lost cities from a time when vast expanses of this mysterious land remained untrodden by the feet of Western man and it seemed that anything was yet possible. In this first volume of the complete Quatermain novels and short stories—available from Leonaur in hard and soft cover—are the ever popular 'King Solomon’s Mines' and 'Allan Quatermain'. These books will be a joy for all collectors who will relish the opportunity to own all the adventures in a coordinated collection.
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Pure, all ages adventure!!
16 Mar 2010
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I came across the publisher Leonaur about a year ago, just as their complete Tarzan series was going out of print. As fast as that series sold out, and as many customer reviews it garnered on Amazon, I cant believe that a series like H Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain books seem to be getting no love! Prior to purchasing this 7 volume collection of all the Quatermain stories (and at $33 a volume, no small effort either!) I had only read King Solomon's mines. Rather than being the high water mark in the Quatermain series, I found that Mines was actually one of the weaker entries. Haggard grew as a writer and as he did, so too was the character of Allan Quatermain and his world more fully fleshed out. There really is no weak story in the entire series and several of them are downright riveting! Many are better than anything Burroughs turned out during his career. In fact, even as a huge Tarzan fan, I have to say that the Quatermain stories trump Tarzan. This is because ER Burroughs never set foot in Africa, while to HR Haggard, Africa was a very real place. He knew and worked with many of the same characters and events in which he injects his fiction. Colonial Africa was never more fascinating than under the pen of H Rider Haggard, especially when historical fact is blended so seamlessly with the fantastic. Giant ape gods, lost civilizations, ageless witch doctors walking hand in hand with real life Zulu kings... Burroughs learned everything he knew from Haggard.
After buying the 7 volume Quatermain set, I was so addicted to Haggard's writing that Ive purchased every Haggard collection Leonaur has released so far. That includes the 2 volume "She" collection, the 4 volume African stories collection, as well as the Historical Adventures and the Ancient Adventures collections, both 4 volumes each. It will be many months, if not a couple of years before I get them all read, but even with the heafty price tag Leonaur commands, its worth every penny! Leonaur is the only publisher out there releasing such awesome rare books like this, and its IMPOSSIBLE to find comprehensive collections like they put out. Im sorry that I didnt get the Tarzan series before it went out of print, but these books have made me even happier.
After buying the 7 volume Quatermain set, I was so addicted to Haggard's writing that Ive purchased every Haggard collection Leonaur has released so far. That includes the 2 volume "She" collection, the 4 volume African stories collection, as well as the Historical Adventures and the Ancient Adventures collections, both 4 volumes each. It will be many months, if not a couple of years before I get them all read, but even with the heafty price tag Leonaur commands, its worth every penny! Leonaur is the only publisher out there releasing such awesome rare books like this, and its IMPOSSIBLE to find comprehensive collections like they put out. Im sorry that I didnt get the Tarzan series before it went out of print, but these books have made me even happier.
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