"She and Allan She and Allan is a novel by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1921. It brought together his two most popular characters, Ayesha from ""She"" (to which it serves as a prequel), and Allan Quatermain from ""King Solomon's Mines"". Along with the other three novels in the series, ""She and Allan"" was adapted into the 1935 film ""She"". It was republished by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the sixth volume of the Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library series in September 1975. Wanting to learn if he can communicate with deceased loved ones, adventurer and trader Allan Quatermain seeks"
"Allan Quatermain Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel ""King Solomon's Mines"" and its sequels. ""Allan Quatermain"" was also the title of a book in this sequence. An English big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others. The character Quatermain is an English-born professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa, who supports colonial efforts to 'spread civilization' in the 'dark continent', though he also favours native Africans having a say in their affairs. An"
"that he published a novel of his own, ""Ulu: an African Romance"", which, however, failed to sell. Allan Quatermain, an adventurer and white hunter based in Durban, in what is now South Africa, is approached by aristocrat Sir Henry Curtis and his friend Captain Good, seeking his help finding Sir Henry's brother, who was last seen travelling north into the unexplored interior on a quest for the fabled King Solomon's Mines. Quatermain has a mysterious map purporting to lead to the mines, but had never taken it seriously. However, he agrees to lead an expedition in return for a share"
"Marie (novel) Marie is a 1912 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. The plot concerns Quatermain as a young man and involves his first marriage, to the Boer farm girl, Marie Marais. Their romance is opposed by Marie's anti-English father, and her villainous cousin Hernan Pereira, who desires Marie. They are Voortrekkers who take part in the Great Trek whom Quatermain has to rescue. The novel describes Quatermain's involvement in the Sixth Xhosa War of 1835 and Weenen massacre. Real life people such as Piet Retief, Thomas Halstead, and the Zulu chief Dingane appear as characters. Events in"
"Frederick Selous Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO (; 31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917), was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. His real-life adventures inspired Sir Henry Rider Haggard to create the fictional Allan Quatermain character. Selous was also a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes and Frederick Russell Burnham. He was pre-eminent within a select group of big game hunters that included Abel Chapman and Arthur Henry Neumann. He was the older brother of ornithologist and writer Edmund Selous. Frederick Courteney Selous was born on 31 December 1851 at Regent's Park,"
"Allan and the Ice-gods Allan and the Ice-Gods is a novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring his recurring character Allan Quartermain, based on an idea given to Haggard by Rudyard Kipling. The story details Quartermain's past life regression to a Stone Age ancestor and the various adventures involved. The novel has been noted as a treatment of the topics of eugenics and evolution in literature and culture. Chronologically, this is the fourteenth and final Allan Quatermain novel published, although the events of the novel ""Allan Quatermain"" occur after it. It is also the final Allan Quatermain novel in the trilogy"
"study desk or board-room table, contributed to the Imperial effect."" Perhaps the first fictional Victorian adventure hero was Allan Quatermain, a white hunter who appeared in books by H. Rider Haggard, starting with ""King Solomon's Mines"" (1885). In 1924, Richard Connell published his short story ""The Most Dangerous Game"", in which an American big-game hunter finds himself being hunted by a Russian aristocrat who has tired of hunting in Africa; the story is still widely read. Alex Raymond created the ""Jungle Jim"" comic strip in 1934 that later lead to a comic book, film serial, film series, and television show."
"also wrote the foreword to Africa's most popular man-eater story: ""The man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African Adventures by Lieut.-Col. J. H. Patterson, D.S.O. With a foreword by Frederick Courteney Selous"" (London, 1907). Besides the works mentioned, Selous made numerous contributions to ""The Geographical Journal"", ""the Field"", and other journals. Frederick Selous Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO (; 31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917), was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. His real-life adventures inspired Sir Henry Rider Haggard to create the fictional Allan Quatermain character. Selous was also a friend"
"the Newcastle Publishing Company as the twenty-fourth volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library series in October, 1980. Allan's Wife and Other Tales Allan's Wife and Other Tales is a collection of Allan Quatermain stories by H. Rider Haggard, first published in London by Spencer Blackett in December 1889. The title story was new, with its first publication intended for the collection, but two unauthorized editions appeared earlier in New York, based on pirated galley proofs. The other three stories first appeared in an anthology and periodicals in 1885, 1887, and 1886. The significance of the collection was recognized"
"Allan's Wife and Other Tales Allan's Wife and Other Tales is a collection of Allan Quatermain stories by H. Rider Haggard, first published in London by Spencer Blackett in December 1889. The title story was new, with its first publication intended for the collection, but two unauthorized editions appeared earlier in New York, based on pirated galley proofs. The other three stories first appeared in an anthology and periodicals in 1885, 1887, and 1886. The significance of the collection was recognized by its republication (as ""Allan's Wife, With Hunter Quartermain's Story, a Tale of Three Lions, and Long Odds"") by"
"""Nada the Lily"" are frequently referred to. Marie (novel) Marie is a 1912 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. The plot concerns Quatermain as a young man and involves his first marriage, to the Boer farm girl, Marie Marais. Their romance is opposed by Marie's anti-English father, and her villainous cousin Hernan Pereira, who desires Marie. They are Voortrekkers who take part in the Great Trek whom Quatermain has to rescue. The novel describes Quatermain's involvement in the Sixth Xhosa War of 1835 and Weenen massacre. Real life people such as Piet Retief, Thomas Halstead, and the Zulu"
"World and Steampunk genre fictional characters like Allan Quatermain, to a large extent an embodiment of the popular ""white hunter"" concept of the times; yet he remained a modest and stoic pillar in personality all throughout his life. As himself he was featured in the ""Young Indiana Jones"" and ""Rhodes"" series. He was widely remembered in real tales of war, exploration and big game hunting as a balanced blend between gentleman officer and epic wild man. He excelled in cricket, rugby, cycling, swimming and tennis. He loved the outdoors, developing a rugged and robust physique by trekking, packing, marching and"
"which is freely adapted from the plot of Haggard's 1887 novel. He was also featured in ""The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"", released in 2003, where he served as the team leader and a mentor and father-figure to American Secret Service agent Tom Sawyer, and the 2008 direct-to-DVD ""Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls"". In 2010, it was announced that Sam Worthington would portray the character in an upcoming sci-fi adaptation of ""King Solomon's Mines"". The real-life adventures of Frederick Selous, the British big game hunter and explorer of Colonial Africa, inspired Haggard to create the Allan Quatermain character. Haggard"
"The Holy Flower The Holy Flower (known as Allan and the Holy Flower in America) is a 1915 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. It was serialised in ""The Windsor Magazine"" from issue 228 (December 1913) to 239 (November 1914), illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen, and in ""New Story Magazine"" from December 1913 through June 1914. The plot involves Quatermain going on a trek into Africa to find a mysterious flower. Brother John, who has been wandering in Africa for years, confides to Allan a huge and rare orchid, the largest ever found. Allan arrives to England with the"
"chosen so far. Progress on the movie is unknown. Airman (novel) Airman, by Eoin Colfer, is a best-selling historical adventure novel set in the 19th century. It was released in the UK, Ireland and USA in January 2008. The novel was shortlisted for the 2009 Carnegie Medal. Colfer was inspired to write the book after a frightening skydiving experience. He combined this with his childhood observation that the Saltee Islands would make an excellent prison. Most of the story is completely fictional. The Saltee Islands have been uninhabited since the 19th century, and all of the main characters in the"
"(Haggard's questionable spelling of Zulu names is used in the first instance). These novels are prequels to the foundation pair, ""King Solomon's Mines"" (1885) and ""Allan Quatermain"" (1887), which describe Quatermain's discovery of vast wealth, his discontent with a life of ease, and his fatal return to Africa following the death of his son Harry. With ""She and Allan"" (1920), Haggard engineered a crossover between his two most popular series, uniting Quatermain with Ayesha, the central character of his hugely successful ""She"" novels, and bringing in several other key characters from each series—Hans, Umslopogaas, and Zikali from the Quatermain series,"
"The Three Musketeers The Three Musketeers ( ) is a historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. Situated between 1625 and 1628, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan (based on Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan) after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. Although d'Artagnan is not able to join this elite corps immediately, he befriends the three most formidable musketeers of the age – Athos, Porthos and Aramis, ""the three inseparables,"" as these are called – and gets involved in affairs of the state and"
"Quatermain's friends. He is delirious and is cared for by Jesse and Allan, but at night, his pursuers return and kill him. Before he dies, he tells Allan that his brother, supposedly lost, is alive, and that they have found the legendary 'Lost City of Gold'. Quatermain immediately starts preparing for an expedition to find his lost brother. Jesse is furious and stalks off, but then realises how important this is to Allan. Allan and Jesse are assisted by Umslopogaas, a fearless warrior and old friend of Allan's, to put together an expedition. Swarma, a spiritual guru, and five Askari"
"Airman (novel) Airman, by Eoin Colfer, is a best-selling historical adventure novel set in the 19th century. It was released in the UK, Ireland and USA in January 2008. The novel was shortlisted for the 2009 Carnegie Medal. Colfer was inspired to write the book after a frightening skydiving experience. He combined this with his childhood observation that the Saltee Islands would make an excellent prison. Most of the story is completely fictional. The Saltee Islands have been uninhabited since the 19th century, and all of the main characters in the story are fictional. The book begins with the Paris"
"of danger and adventure. The first acclaimed white hunters in East Africa were Alan Black, Bill Judd, Frederick Selous (remembered as the namesake of the Selous Scouts and whose real-life adventures inspired Sir H. Rider Haggard to create the fictional Allan Quatermain), and R.J. Cunninghame (sometimes spelled Cuningham), all of whom began their exploits at the end of the 19th century. In 1909 Cunninghame was selected to lead what was probably the best-publicized African safari, Theodore Roosevelt's excursion into British East Africa. Roosevelt's fame and popularity, and his gift for generating publicity, prompted a craze for safaris among those who"
"""Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold"" (1986) and was to be followed by a sequel that was never produced: the first attempt to have based on ""She and Allan"", another Haggard novel, and then a second attempt to have been titled ""Allan Quatermain and the Jewel of the East"" and directed by producer Golan. Jesse Huston (Sharon Stone) hires Allan Quatermain to find her father, believed lost on an expedition to find the fabled King Solomon's Mines. Together with his companion, the mysterious Umbopo, they penetrate unknown country, following a map believed to be genuine. It transpires that"
"King Solomon's Mines King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre. The book was first published in September 1885 amid considerable fanfare, with billboards and posters around London announcing ""The Most Amazing Book Ever Written"". It"
"during his stay in Hatrack River jail contains a reference to Tolkien's "" Lord of the Rings "" trilogy. Alvin Journeyman Alvin Journeyman (1995) is an alternate history/fantasy novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. It is the fourth book in Card's ""The Tales of Alvin Maker"" series and is about Alvin Miller, the Seventh son of a seventh son. ""Alvin Journeyman"" won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1996. Alvin is a Maker, and what he can make is a new future for America. But to do that he must defeat his ancient enemy, the Unmaker, whose"
"Selous and Frederick Russell Burnham. He created his Allan Quatermain adventures under their influence, during a time when great mineral wealth was being discovered in Africa, as well as the ruins of ancient lost civilisations of the continent, such as Great Zimbabwe. Three of his books, ""The Wizard"" (1896), ""Black Heart and White Heart; a Zulu Idyll"" (1896), and ""Elissa; the Doom of Zimbabwe"" (1898), are dedicated to Burnham's daughter Nada, the first white child born in Bulawayo; she had been named after Haggard's 1892 book ""Nada the Lily"". Haggard belonged to the Athenaeum, Savile, and Authors' clubs. Years later,"
"Adventure of the Mazarin Stone"", 1921, and ""The Problem of Thor Bridge"", 1922) are already in the public domain since they were published before 1923. The other stories will enter the public domain on 1 January of the year after the 95th anniversary of each story's publication: 1 January 2019 for ""The Adventure of the Creeping Man""; 1 January 2020 for ""The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"", ""The Adventure of the Three Garridebs"" and ""The Adventure of the Illustrious Client""; 1 January 2022 for ""The Adventure of the Three Gables"", ""The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier"", ""The Adventure of the"
"It was later remade in 1965 as ""The Mystery of Thug Island"". In the 1990s it returned to the small screen in Italy as ""I misteri della jungla nera"", a popular miniseries. Actor Kabir Bedi, who has portrayed popular Salgari characters Sandokan and The Black Corsair appeared as Tremal-Naik's loyal servant Kammamuri. The Mystery of the Black Jungle The Mystery of the Black Jungle () is an exotic adventure novel written by Italian author Emilio Salgari, published in 1895. It features two of his most famous characters, the hunter Tremal-Naik and his loyal servant Kammamuri. The adventure continues in The"
"Ragnall, and Allan’s sometime companion Hans was the outcast Pag. Allan surmises that they are not actually experiencing past lives, but that the ""taduki"" drug has “the power of awakening the ancestral memory which has come down to us with our spark of life through scores of intervening forefathers.” He also guesses that Wi and his companions dwelt in Ice Age Scotland, 500,000 or 50,000 years ago, and that Laleela came from southern Ireland or northern France. Allan and the Ice-gods Allan and the Ice-Gods is a novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring his recurring character Allan Quartermain, based on"
"as ""Allan Quatermain"" in one story. The 1985 film, ""King Solomon's Mines"", was a more tongue-in-cheek parody of the story, followed by a sequel in the same vein: ""Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold"" (1987). Around the same period an Australian animated TV film came out, ""King Solomon's Mines"". In December 2006, the movie, “” was released as the second in a trilogy that follows one man’s fantastical adventures. In 2008 a direct-to-video adaptation, ""Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls"" was released by Mark Atkins, which bore more resemblance to Indiana Jones than the novel. British comics"
"story read to him by Mr. Beumer, a lawyer who later becomes senile and in morbidity. . Plain text format. The Three Musketeers The Three Musketeers ( ) is a historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. Situated between 1625 and 1628, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan (based on Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan) after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. Although d'Artagnan is not able to join this elite corps immediately, he befriends the three most formidable musketeers of the age – Athos,"
"shown that this site was in use during the 10th century BC as a copper mine possibly by the Edomites, who the Bible reports were rivals of and frequently at war with King Solomon. Haggard knew Africa well, having travelled deep within the continent as a 19-year-old during the Anglo-Zulu War and the First Boer War, where he had been impressed by South Africa's vast mineral wealth and by the ruins of ancient lost cities being uncovered, such as Great Zimbabwe. His original Allan Quatermain character was based in large part on Frederick Courtney Selous, the British white hunter and"
"always the ""strong silent type"", the taciturn tough guy who lived uncompromisingly by his own code of honor and who embodied typical male values like courage and self-reliance far better than did the men who lived in civilization. Typical of the ""flight from domesticity"" novels were the Allan Quatermain novels by the British novelist H. Rider Haggard dealing with the adventures of a British frontiersman in 19th century South Africa; the Western novels by the German novelist Karl May dealing with the adventures of the German immigrant cowboy Old Shatterhand and his Apache best friend Winnetou in the American Old"
"helped to destroy his beloved wild free places of Africa. In old age he hunts without pleasure, having no other means of making a living. About Quatermain's family, little is written. He lives at Durban, in Natal, South Africa. He marries twice, but is quickly widowed both times. He entrusts the printing of memoirs in the series to his son Harry, whose death he mourns in the opening of the novel ""Allan Quatermain."" Harry Quatermain is a medical student who dies of smallpox while working in a hospital. Haggard did not write the Quatermain novels in chronological order, and made"
"adventurer Allan Quatermain, who has been recruited to lead a British-American expedition in search of a fabled treasure deep within unexplored Africa. Throughout the film, Quatermain must avoid hidden dangers, violent natives and other unseen traps during their quest for the treasure of the Temple of Skulls, travelling by train, river and air to reach his goal, while being pursued by rival treasure-seekers and unfriendly natives who wish to sabotage his expedition. Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls is a 2008 direct-to-DVD adventure film created by American studio The Asylum. The film"