The final volume in this classic Haggard Historical fiction collection There are few who have heard of H. Rider Haggard"s novels who do not know his principal character-Allan Quatermain-the archetypal white man in Africa. Here was a hero who would take on a Zulu Impi, a charging rhinoceros, a giant gorilla God, a lost tribe, slavers, a magical eternal queen, malign spirits and still come back for more-bringing a host of readers with him. In short, Haggard knew what it took to write a good adventure which is why some of his books have been among the most popular in modern times. Haggard was a prolific author: aside from the Quatermain stories, he produced a sequence of novels concerning the ancient world, four featuring his other great character, Ayesha-"She who must be obeyed"-and a collection of adventure novels taking Africa as their stage but without the presence of Quatermain. All are excellent. In Haggard"s lifetime his public eagerly awaited his next book, but today,...