Finished [Hardcover]

H. Rider Haggard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1970

Companionably met at the announcement of the British annexing of Transvaal to the British Crown, two English hunters travel to Lydenburg, in pursuit of buffalo.

. . . and from so quiet a beginning arises one of the great adventures of Allan Quatermain -- fated now to be not hunter but hunted, driven to a place the natives fear, beyond a swamp haunted by murdered souls . . . and then to the dread Valley of Bones.

A tale of spirit-vision, warfare and vengeance, Finished ranks high among the fantastic romances of H. Rider Haggard.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: TBS The Book Service Ltd; New impression edition (January 15, 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 035601259X
• ISBN-13: 978-0356012599
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A WONDERFUL ENDING TO A SUPERB TRILOGY, May 22, 2000

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s.ferber (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Finished (Textbook Binding)

"Finished" comprises the third book in H. Rider Haggard's so-called Zulu trilogy, the first two novels being "Marie" and "Child of Storm." This is a magnificent set of books that deals with the downfall of the Zulu people, as personally witnessed by Allan Quatermain, the hero of 14 of Haggard's novels, including "King Solomon's Mines." "Finished" has all the elements that Haggard's fans have come to expect from him: a great and fast-moving story, scenes of big-game hunting, interesting and amusing characters, bloody and well-described battles, all with a dash of mysticism and some supernatural elements thrown into the mix. It is a real rouser. In the first half of this book, our hero Quatermain gets personally involved in the problems of a young couple in the bush veld in Africa, but the entire second half of the book details his stay with the Zulus, their war councils, and the great battles that the Zulus fought against the English in the late 1870s. The tone of the book is suitably elegiac, mourning the passing of a proud people and culture. This is a magnificent trilogy of books, and it is a real shame that they are all out of print. But I heartily recommend that you seek them out.