The Ivory Child
Published on 7. April 2020
449 pages
978-1-5040-6184-1 (ISBN)
Description
The timeless adventure featuring explorer Allan Quatermain, the inspiration for Indiana Jones, from one of the first authors of the "Lost World" genre.
The Ivory Child is a novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain-explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. In one of his strangest undertakings yet, Quatermain finds himself in the throes of a war between two African tribes, one of them led by an evil spirit that resides in the body of a gigantic elephant.
Two foreigners, Harût and Marût, call upon Quatermain by the name he uses among the Africans: Macumazana. They are convinced by divination that only Quatermain can defeat the elephant god and save Africa from an epic battle destined to plunge the continent into chaos...
The Ivory Child is a novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain-explorer, treasure hunter, and adventurer. In one of his strangest undertakings yet, Quatermain finds himself in the throes of a war between two African tribes, one of them led by an evil spirit that resides in the body of a gigantic elephant.
Two foreigners, Harût and Marût, call upon Quatermain by the name he uses among the Africans: Macumazana. They are convinced by divination that only Quatermain can defeat the elephant god and save Africa from an epic battle destined to plunge the continent into chaos...
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Person
H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English adventure novelist. Haggard studied law, but rather than pursuing a legal career took a secretarial position in what is now South Africa. His time there provided the inspiration for some of his most popular novels, including
She (1887), an early classic of the lost world fantasy genre and one of the bestselling books of all time.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Chapter I: Allan Gives a Shooting Lesson
- Chapter II: Allan Makes a Bet
- Chapter III: Miss Holmes
- Chapter IV: Harût and Marût
- Chapter V: The Plot
- Chapter VI: The Bona Fide Gold Mine
- Chapter VII: Lord Ragnall's Story
- Chapter VIII: The Start
- Chapter IX: The Meeting in the Desert
- Chapter X: Charge!
- Chapter XI: Allan is Captured
- Chapter XII: The First Curse
- Chapter XIII: Jana
- Chapter XIV: The Chase
- Chapter XV: The Dweller in the Cave
- Chapter XVI: Hans Steals the Keys
- Chapter XVII: The Sanctuary and the Oath
- Chapter XVIII: The Embassy
- Chapter XIX: Allan Quatermain Misses
- Chapter XX: Allan Weeps
- Chapter XXI: Homewards
- Copyright
