Henry Rider was a British Victorian writer known for his adventure novels set is exotic places. His writings are sympathetic to the African natives. In She and Allan two of Haggrard's most popular characters are brought together. She is Ayesha from the book She. Alan Quartermain was the main character in King Solomon's mines He also appears in several sequels. Quartermain was a progressive Victorian. He was a big game hunter in Africa who championed the cause of the natives.
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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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The early adventures of Allan Quatermain and Umslopogaas,
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In She and Allan, we see the coming together of three of the most exciting characters in all of H. Rider Haggard's novels. The ever intrepid Allan meets the great and grim Umslopogaas of the Axe, son of Chaka, and there is born an interesting and in some ways touching friendship between them, as they have both dealt with many of the same troubles and loss over the years. And of course they meet with the immortal SHE, Ayesha, whom they seek in order to see their loved ones that have passed the realm of death. Many of the same elements from much of the Allan Quatermain body of work is here. But it serves to tie the many things from the different novels together. Such as the friendship between Umslopogaas and Allan that we see in the novel Allan Quatermain. It also offers further insight into the origin's of Umslopogaas's great axe, Inkosikaas, which is in a way a Zulu version of Excalibur. A fantastic novel for anyone who enjoys Haggard's body of work. Great to read especially after reading Haggard's novel of the early life of Umslopogaas, Nada the Lily.
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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:
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