Books by Henry Rider Haggard

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go. Like a storm-driven bird at night we fly out of the Nowhere; for a moment our wings are seen in the light of the fire, and, lo! we are gone again into the Nowhere.'An amazing adventure set in Africa, against the backdrop of endless deserts and snowy mountains, Kings Solomon's Mines follows Allan Quartermain, in his quest to find his missing brother and unearth the fabled treasure of the biblical King's mines. Along the way, Allan and his companions are caught up in a tribal war and face fearful hardships, culminating in a final confrontation with the evil witch Gagool.

Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones,

This romance set in Mexico tells of the journey of a native and a white man in search of the fabled Golden City of the Indians.

The elephant hunter, Allan Quartermain, is approached by Sir Henry Curtis and his friend Captain Good in Africa, asking for his help finding Sir Henry’s brother, who has gone missing trying to locate a treasure. Quartermain agrees on one condition: he gets a share of their findings if they succeed. Soon he finds himself leading an expedition into unexplored territory, which turns out to be far more dangerous than anyone had imagined. Through tribal wars, animal attacks and near starvation the group ventures on. Little do they know that the biggest danger still lies ahead.When his brother bet him five shillings that he could not write a novel half as good as Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Treasure Island’, H. Rider Haggard wrote ‘King Solomon's Mines’, and it became the best-selling novel of the year. It has been adapted to film and TV numerous times, even seeing Patrick Swayze as Quartermain.Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce the "Lost World" genre through his character of Allan Quatermain from the classic bestseller ‘King Solomon's Mines’. Haggaard has influenced many other Fantasy writers, among these J.R.R. Tolkien, and several of his books have been adapted to film as well as inspired the ‘Indiana Jones’ movies.

Ny oversættelse af den berømte klassiker. Den mest fantastiske bog, der nogensinde er skrevet - i ny uforkortet udgave.Gentleman og elefantjæger Allan Quartermain har været storvildtsjæger længere og har set meget mere end de fleste. På en damper fra Cape Town til Natal støder han på de to briter sir Henry og kaptajn Good. De leder efter sir Henrys bror, som er rejst ind i Afrikas mørke for at finde Kong Salomons legendariske diamantminer. Quatermain slutter sig til de to briters eftersøgning, og sammen påbegynder de en halsbrækkende rejse ud over det sædvanlige. Den farefulde færd går gennem afrikanske savanner, ørkener og over bjerge, og det står snart klart, at rejsen enten vil gøre de herrer meget rige – eller tage livet af dem.Dette er første gang Kong Salomons miner udkommer på dansk i sin fulde, dramatiske og politisk ukorrekte længde. Da historien første gang udkom i 1885, blev den kaldt den mest fantastiske bog, der nogensinde er skrevet og blev øjeblikkelig en bestseller. Bogen dannede også grundlag for en helt ny og stadig populær genre inden for litteraturen, nemlig Lost World-genren. Den dag i dag giver genren alle nysgerrige læsere underholdende eventyr, skattejagter og arkæo­logi fra uopdagede dele af verden …