Finished
This work became the eighth book of the Allan Quatermain series of stories, as well as the third book of Zulu trilogy, where the plot is focused on the downfall of the Zulu people. Novels of South Africa brought a wide popular success to the author, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations a founder of the Lost World literary genre. In “Finished” we meet again the white hunter and adventurer Allan Quatermain, the central hero of 17 Haggard’s novels and collections of short stories. Courageous, resolute, able to find a way out of any hopeless situations, a perfect fighter and horseman Allan is a man, devoted to his friends and native land. In all the Haggard’s stories, the fantastic and mystical element plays a substantial role; the author’s passion for the lost words, ancient ruins and mysterious civilizations, cults of immortality and reincarnation made the author a forefather of modern fantasy. This tale of spirit-vision, warfare and rev
...enge takes a special, high position among the fantastic romances of H. Rider Haggard.
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Edgar G. a year ago
It is really odd that Anscombe had carbolic ointment in his "medicine chest" but NO bandages, Haggard was notoriously lax about details such as this. When I read him so many years ago I had not developed a critical eye for details such as this. It now shows me how many errors that really good writers make and have made. Yet they have proof readers and what not, who compound the errors.
Edgar G. a year ago
He could have shot the woman in a non life threatening area like the shoulder, whic he was perfectly able to do, SO why didn't Haggard make him do it..?
Edgar G. a year ago
How did Anscombe get to where he was without his crutch. He had to have had it then, so why now does he find that his crutch wasn't there. Another of the very many convenient inconsistencies of Haggard.Write Review:
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