Smith and the Pharaohs and Other Tales - H. Rider Haggard

Smith and the Pharaohs and Other Tales

By H. Rider Haggard

  • Release Date: 2023-07-04
  • Genre: Short Stories

Description

Six classic supernatural short stories, including one Allan Quatermain tale, from the author of King’s Solomon’s Mines.
Originally published in 1920, this collection of six stories with a supernatural bent takes readers on a wild ride. An archaeologist with a passion for Egyptology is locked overnight in the Cairo Museum, and the experience changes his life. Haggard’s greatest creation, Allan Quatermain, tells the tale of a Zulu man’s sacrifice and bravery. A British Army captain stationed in Southern Africa carries on a love affair with a woman in London. An English missionary and his family live with a Zulu tribe. On the eve of his marriage to his second wife, a man is haunted by the ghost of his first wife. A mother in the English countryside makes a great sacrifice. In these six tales, Haggard creates worlds of magic, ghosts, reincarnations, and more, and demonstrates his mastery of the form.

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