This large print classic is a sequel to King Solomon’s Mines, also available in large print from the Large Print Book Company.
Allan Quatermain and friends return to Africa in search of an unknown people isolated in the depths of the continent. The fierce Zulu warrior Umslopogaas helps them face conflicts and deadly hazards, to make a discovery surpassing their wildest dreams. Haggard takes time to vividly evoke images of the land and its people while maintaining the reader’s excitement and anticipation. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill features Allan Quatermain as its hero in volume one.
This edition of Allan Quatermain in large print is 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall, printed on 444 pages of cream-colored, archival quality paper. The type is easy-to-read 16-point sans serif with generous line spacing. Click here to see a sample of chapter one.
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was a British writer and agriculture reformer. His most famous novels exist in the context of Victorian England and the New Imperialism era. World powers were aggressively colonizing “underdeveloped” lands with little thought to the moral implications of their acts and policies. Haggard himself was part of officiating the annexation of the Transvaal (South Africa) to the British Empire. His writing shows more respect for Africans than was prevalent at the time, as well as a deep affection for the land.
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