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A runaway bestseller on its publication in 1887, H. Rider Haggard's She is a Victorian thrill ride of a novel, featuring a lost African kingdom ruled by a mysterious, implacable queen; ferocious wildlife and yawning abysses; and an eerie love story that spans two thousand years... Read Full Overview

A classic Victorian adventure into the realm of the unknown

H. Rider Haggard was an English author known for adventure novels set in exotic locations. Haggard is considered to be one of the first writers of the Lost World genre. Haggard's novel She: A History of Adventure is a first-person narrative of 2 men in a lost kingdom.

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. A word about this edition of "She." This may well be the most generously illustrated edition of H. Rider Haggard's "She" ever published. There are literally dozens of original... Read Full Overview

Drawing on his knowledge of Africa and of ancient legends, adventure writer H. Rider Haggard weaves this disturbing tale of Ayesha, the mysterious and immortal white queen of a Central African tribe. She, or "She-who-must-be-obeyed," is the embodiment of the mythological female... Read Full Overview

This book is intended for general; students in colleges of further education, teachers of children's literature, students on such courses, Victorian fiction studies.

She (1887), an intoxicating mix of adventure, fantasy, and romance, is an underappreciated classic of English literature. Among his most successful works, She--which was inspired by Haggard's experience living in South Africa-helped the author establish his reputation... Read Full Overview

"She" was first published in book form in 1887. The story is an enduring classic, more than a century old. It's a fantasy adventure packed with action, mystery, wonder, supernatural marvels and beauty, along with violence and darkness. While it bears some of the now-discredited... Read Full Overview

When it appeared in 1887, H. Rider Haggard's She caused a sensation and became one of the best-selling novels of the nineteenth century. The idea of a powerful woman endowed with immortal beauty and penetrating intellect ruling a savage people among the ruins of a vanished... Read Full Overview

Horace Holly, narrator of the novel, receives the visit of his colleague Vincey who, feeling his near end, tells him the extraordinary story of his lineage and gives him an iron trunk to give to his son, Leo Vincey, the day of his 25 years. Holly must also agree to become the... Read Full Overview

SHE by H Rider Haggard is a first-person story that follows the journey of Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey to a lost magical kingdom in Africa. There they encounter a strange race of natives and a mysterious queen named Ayesha who is the all-powerful "She", or "She-who-must-be-obeyed".Any... Read Full Overview

H. Rider Haggard's "She" was wildly popular when first published in England in 1887. The novel follows Leo Vancey and Horace Holly on an expedition to Africa as they encounter many serious and dangerous trials, including shipwreck, sickness, and hostile natives, before discovering... Read Full Overview

She: A History of Adventure, is a novel by Henry Rider Haggard. It is one of the classics of imaginative literature, and with over 83 million copies sold in 44 different languages, one of the best-selling books of all time. She was extraordinarily popular on its release and... Read Full Overview

Two Books in One (SHE and its sequel Ayesha - The Return of She) are in one volume. She, subtitled A History of Adventure, is a novel by Henry Rider Haggard, first serialized in The Graphic magazine from October 1886 to January 1887. She is one of the classics of imaginative... Read Full Overview