Child of Storm: Allan Quatermain in Zululand
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 51 full-page plates by Vasily Vereshchagin, Thomas Baines and William Webb. Allan Quatermain tells how he watched two half-brothers of the Zulu royal house destroy each other for a woman, and how his own advice tipped the balance. Haggard had served in Natal as a young official, knew the Zulu court at first hand, and dedicated the book to James Stuart of the Natal native affairs service, who had helped him with the history. Mameena is the finest character he ever drew, and the trial scene is the best thing in his fiction. Fifty-one plates of nineteenth-century painting, from Vereshchagin's Central Asian mosques to Thomas Baines's Zambezi and Zulu war dances, extend the book's African and military world.
Complete and unabridged, with 51 full-page plates by Vasily Vereshchagin, Thomas Baines and William Webb. Allan Quatermain tells how he watched two half-brothers of the Zulu royal house destroy each other for a woman, and how his own advice tipped the balance. Haggard had served in Natal as a you...
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H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English novelist born in Norfolk who went to South Africa at nineteen as secretary to the governor of Natal. He later farmed, studied agriculture for the government, and was knighted for public service. His works include King Solomon's Mines, She, When the World Shook, and Allan Quatermain.
H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English novelist born in Norfolk who went to South Africa at nineteen as secretary to the governor of Natal. He later farmed, studied agriculture for the government, and was knighted for public service. His works include King Solomon's Mines, She, When the Worl...
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