H Rider Haggard: 382 books

Now I, Allan Quatermain, come to the weirdest (with one or two exceptions perhaps) of all the experiences which it has amused me to employ my idle hours in recording here in a strange land, for after all England is strange to me. I grow elderly. I have, as I suppose, passed the period of enterprise...

A novel set during the crusades first published in 1904. The solemn ritual was ended. They rose, and, followed by two of the envoys—for already the third had departed under escort to the court of Saladin to give him warning—the queen, her ladies and all the company, walked from the church...

The manuscript of which the contents are printed here was discovered among the effects of the late L. Horace Holly, though not until some years after his death. It was in an envelope on which had been scribbled a direction that it should be forwarded to the present editor...

It was on his fourteenth birthday that Keith Burton discovered the Great Terror, though he did not know it by that name until some days afterward. He knew only, to his surprise and distress, that the "Treasure Island," given to him by his father for a birthday present, was printed in type so blurred...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Doctor Therne is a 1898 science fiction novel about a plague that sweeps England. It tells the story of "James Therne", a promising young doctor who suffers some early tragedies. He is unjustly...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is...

This tale was written two years ago as the result of reflections   which occurred to me among the Egyptian sands and the empty cells   of long-departed anchorites.     Perhaps in printing it I should ask forgiveness for my deviation  ...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Jess Croft lives with sister Bessie and old Silas, a farmer raising ostriches on the great Transvaal veldt. Jess is a reserved and aloof, with a quietness about her brought on by the misfortunes of her...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Brother John, who has been living in Africa for many years, gives Allan Quatermain the largest orchid he has ever seen. Later, in England, he has a meeting with Mr. Somers, an orchid collector who is...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: The author wrote, "The Zulus have a strange story of a white girl who in Dingaan's day was supposed to 'hold the spirit' of some legendary goddess of theirs who is also white. This girl, they say,...

Over a century after the debut of the intrepid hunter explorer Allan Quatermain in King Solomon's Mines, he remains one of the great heroes of literature whose adventures have been adapted for cinema and television. This new anthology brings to light a novelette and four short stories which have...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Adventurer Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko win 100 cattle to buy his true love Mameena ("Child of Storm"). The mysterious Mameena, however, has other ideas-she wants to marry...

Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan Quatermain: the original explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. The Quatermain books have captivated readers for more than a century, spawning more than a dozen movies and a host of imitators. Included in this edition are Allan and the Holy Flower,...