Allan Quartermain (hero of more books that we can shake our stick at) and Ayesha (that is, She Who Must Be Obeyed) share the limelight in this two-fisted adventure by H. Rider Haggard, but oddly enough considering the stars on stage, it's Umslopogaas the Zulu who steals the show. Marvelous battles ensue. Don't miss them!
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Ought to be more fun than it is...,
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This review is from: She and Allan (She trilogy) (Paperback)
Haggard combines his two most bankable stars-- Ayesha and Quartermain-- and it ought to be twice as much fun. The problem ultimately is that we know from page one that nothing is going to happen that might conflict with any of the history established for these characters in their other books. Particularly in Ayesha's case that's mighty limiting-- we know that Allan is going to pass through her life without making any particular mark, because all the significant people in her life are already accounted for. Consequently, the work doesn't really show anything new about either character, and instead of two great prizefighters duking it out, we get a couple of characters dancing around trying not to make a mark on each other. Still the basic two-fisted Anglo-Saxon hambone adventure that Haggard does so well, but there's a little less zip in this outing.
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The Material World versus The Spirit,
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Allan quatermain is the iconic white hunter. He can and has tracked his way across Africa into lands unknown to most white men.
She (also known as "She Who Must be Obeyed) is the eternal seductress, the half goddess/half woman who cannot die. SHE is the ultimate in the spirit world. Allan, perhaps, can be seen as the ultimate in the world we call reality. She and Allan plays out this conflict between the material and spirit against the backdrop of the adventure of pushing into unknown darkest Africa. Not as well known, or as well done as "King Solomon's Mines" or "She" - then of course few books are-this is a worthwhile sequel to both.
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Not Haggard's best but still Haggard!,
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She and Allan was an almost obligatory novel for Haggard. Since Allan Quatermain and Ayesha are his absolute best characters it stood to reason that he would combine them for a single adventure. Unfortunately, it reads as if written from an outline for a "typical Haggard novel". There is the feel that Haggard himself just couldn't get excited about the book. Still, it IS Haggard, and worth a read. It only fails in comparison to works like King Solomon's Mines or She. In fact, if you are looking for another rousing Haggard novel, try Nada the Lily or The People of the Mist. They are both superior to this book. If you can't get enough of Haggard (like me) then She and Allan is worth a read.
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Great Medicine, Allan Hears, Strange Tale, The Lesson, Captain Robertson, Robertson Is Lost, The Oath, Umslopogaas of the Axe, The Messengers, The Spell, The Swamp, The Talisman, The Slaying of Rezu, Allan Misses Opportunity, The White Witch, The Gate of Death, Black One, The Attack, The Sea-Cow Hunt, People of the Axe, Ayesha's Farewell, Nada the Lily, The Midnight Battle, Allan's Vision, Lady Sad-Eyes Browse Sample Pages:
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Great Medicine, Allan Hears, Strange Tale, The Lesson, Captain Robertson, Robertson Is Lost, The Oath, Umslopogaas of the Axe, The Messengers, The Spell, The Swamp, The Talisman, The Slaying of Rezu, Allan Misses Opportunity, The White Witch, The Gate of Death, Black One, The Attack, The Sea-Cow Hunt, People of the Axe, Ayesha's Farewell, Nada the Lily, The Midnight Battle, Allan's Vision, Lady Sad-Eyes Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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