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Allan Quatermain Series

15 primary works • 28 total works
The character Quatermain (not "Quartermain", a common error) is an English-born professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa. He supports colonial efforts to spread civilization in the Dark Continent, and he also favours native Africans' having a say in their affairs. Quatermain is an imperial outdoorsman who finds English …

Book 1

King Solomon's Mines
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3.79 · 53143 Ratings · 3012 Reviews · published 1885 · 1030 editions
H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines has entert…

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    Book 2

    Allan Quatermain
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    3.89     · 5485 Ratings · 316 Reviews · published 1887 · 822 editions
    Sequel to "King Solomon's Mines", this adventure s…

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    Book 3

    Maiwa's Revenge; or, The War of the Little Hand
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    3.66     · 465 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 1888 · 333 editions
    Maiwa is a woman who is set on revenge, And what M…

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    Book 4

    Allan's Wife
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    3.75     · 485 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 1889 · 589 editions
    The third novel H. Rider Haggard's celebrated Alla…

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    Book 5

    Marie. Allan Quatermain #5
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    3.99     · 538 Ratings · 60 Reviews · published 1912 · 368 editions
    "Marie is an Allan Quatermain adventure and the fi…

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    Book 6

    Child of Storm
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    3.86     · 535 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 1913 · 509 editions
    Adventurer Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend …

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    Book 7

    Allan and the Holy Flower
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    4.00     · 680 Ratings · 44 Reviews · published 1915 · 559 editions
    Allan and the Holy Flower is a 1915 novel by H. Ri…

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    Book 8

    The Ivory Child
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    3.83     · 463 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 1916 · 452 editions
    While Quartermain visits Lord Randall, two foreign…

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    Book 9

    Finished
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    3.83     · 266 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 1917 · 467 editions
    The author writes, "This book, although it can be …

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    Book 10

    The Ancient Allan
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    3.78     · 289 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1920 · 420 editions
    A gripping novel which takes us and the hero, adve…

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    Book 11

    She and Allan
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    3.64     · 869 Ratings · 53 Reviews · published 1921 · 3 editions
    "I believe it was the old Egyptians – a very wise …

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    Book 12

    Heu Heu or The Monster
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    3.56     · 223 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 1924 · 217 editions
    Large format paper back for easy reading. One of t…

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    Book 13

    The Treasure of the Lake
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    3.66     · 194 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1926 · 121 editions
    Gentleman adventurer Allan Quartermain discovers a…

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    Book 14

    Allan Quatermain and the Ice Gods
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    3.73     · 275 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1927 · 275 editions
    This novel is the final volume of the Allan Quater…

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    Hunter Quatermain's Story: The Uncollected Adventures of Allan Quatermain
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    3.79     · 305 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 1887 · 167 editions
    Over a century after the debut of the intrepid hun…

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    Book 1-3

    Legends of an Extraordinary Gentleman #1 - An Allan Quatermain Omnibus
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    3.69     · 13 Ratings · published 2006 · 2 editions
    Allan Quatermain's First Three Classic Adventures!…

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    Book 4-6

    Legends of an Extraordinary Gentleman #2
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    4.20     · 10 Ratings · published 2006 · 2 editions
    Second Three Fantast-Adventures Of The Legendry Hu…

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    Book 7-9

    Legends of an Extraordinary Gentleman #3--An Allan Quatermain Omnibus
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    3.88     · 8 Ratings · published 2006 · 2 editions
    Quatermain Faces Magic, Mystery and Danger On His …

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    Book 10-12

    Legends of an Extraordinary Gentleman #4
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    3.89     · 9 Ratings · published 2006 · 2 editions
    Africa 130 Years Ago--Where Magic and Zulu Might R…

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    Book 13-15

    Legends of an Extraordinary Gentleman #5
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    3.88     · 8 Ratings · published 2006 · 2 editions
    Final Three Novels in the Epic Fantasy Saga! A str…

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    Book 1-2

    King Solomon's Mines / Allan Quatermain
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    4.05     · 376 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 1887 · 3 editions
    In King Solomon's Mines, Sir Henry Curtis and Capt…

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    Book 3-5

    Quatermain: The Complete Adventures 2 Allan's Wife, Maiwa's Revenge & Marie
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    4.22     · 9 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1912 · 4 editions
    Two more fabulous adventures from the dark heart o…

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    Book 6-7

    Quatermain: the Complete Adventures: 3-Child of Storm & Allan and the Holy Flower
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    4.56     · 9 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1915 · 3 editions
    The great man of Africa strides out with two more …

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    Book 8-9

    Quatermain: The Complete Adventures: 4-Finished & The Ivory Child
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    4.15     · 13 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1917 · 2 editions
    Caught between the red and the black-Quatermain at…

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    Book 10-11

    Quatermain: the Complete Adventures 5-The Ancient Allan & She and Allan
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    4.25     · 12 Ratings · published 1921 · 4 editions
    Quatermain loads his elephant gun and embarks on m…

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    Book 12-13

    Quatermain: the Complete Adventures: 6-Heu-Heu or, the Monster & The Treasure of the Lake
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    4.14     · 7 Ratings · published 1926 · 3 editions
    Allan Quatermain set out on more breathtaking adve…

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    Book 14-15

    Quatermain: the Complete Adventures: 7-Allan and the Ice Gods, Four Short Adventures & Nada the Lily
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    4.17     · 12 Ratings · published 1927 · 2 editions
    Quatermain and Umslopogaas embark on more adventur…

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    Book 5, 6, 9

    Allan Quatermain: the Zulu Trilogy: Marie, Child of Storm, & Finished
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    4.23     · 13 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1917 · 11 editions
    Before there was Indiana Jones there was Allan the…

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