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Queen Sheba's Ring

Queen Sheba's Ring

Haggard, H. Rider

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ISBN10: 1162770600
ISBN13: 9781162770604
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Queen Sheba's Ring is a novel written by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1910. The story revolves around the adventures of a young man named Allan Quatermain, who is hired by a wealthy British businessman to find a legendary treasure in Africa. Along the way, he meets a beautiful woman named Ayesha, who claims to be the immortal Queen of Sheba. Ayesha possesses a powerful ring that she believes will grant her eternal life, but she needs Quatermain's help to retrieve it from a dangerous tribe of warriors. As they journey through the African wilderness, Quatermain and Ayesha must overcome many obstacles and face numerous enemies, including a treacherous witch doctor and a ruthless warlord. The novel is a thrilling adventure story that combines elements of romance, fantasy, and historical fiction, and is considered one of Haggard's most popular works.1926. Haggard was an English writer, who published colorful novels set in unknown regions and lost kingdoms of Africa, or some other corner of the world: Iceland, Constantinople, Mexico, Ancient Egypt. His best-known work is the romantic adventure tale King Solomon�������s Mines. Although Haggard's novels first were written for adults, several of them, such as Queen Sheba�������s Ring are now categorized as juvenile literature. This story takes place in the uncharted regions of Africa, where a Jewish community struggles to defend itself from barbaric tribes. Contents: The Coming of the Ring; The Advice of Sergeant Quick; The Professor Goes Out Shooting; The Death-Wind; Pharaoh Makes Trouble; How We Escaped from Harmac; Barung; The Shadow of Fate; The Swearing of the Oath; Quick Lights a Match; The Rescue Fails; The Den of Lions; The Adventures of Higgs; How Pharaoh Met Shadrach; Sergeant Quick Has a Presentiment; Harmac Comes to Mur; I Find My Son; The Burning of the Palace; Starvation; and The Trial and After. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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