In 1885, H. Rider Haggard introduced Allan Quatermain, elephant hunter extraordinaire, in his best-selling African adventure novel 'King Solomon's Mines'. Haggard went on to publish twelve Quatermain novels and several novellas and short stories, including the four in this collection. 'Allan's Wife' explains how Quatermain became a hunter early in life and recounts the tragedy of his brief marriage to Stella, his childhood sweetheart. The three shorter tales are hunting yarns narrated by Quatermain as an old man. In 'Hunter Quatermain', Allan is faced with a raging wounded buffalo and in 'A Tale of Three Lions' and 'Long Odds', he takes on no less than seven lions. First published in 1889, this collection was re-published as the twenty-fourth volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library series in 1980. - Summary by Phil Benson
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Dedication
03:38 - Chapter 2
Allan's Wife: 1. Early Days
19:42 - Chapter 3
Allan's Wife: 2. The Fire-fight
23:27 - Chapter 4
Allan's Wife: 3. Northwards
27:50 - Chapter 5
Allan's Wife: 4. The Zulu Impi
28:35 - Chapter 6
Allan's Wife: 5. The End of the Laager
29:35 - Chapter 7
Allan's Wife: 6. Stella
34:06 - Chapter 8
Allan's Wife: 7. The Baboon-woman
21:49 - Chapter 9
Allan's Wife: 8. The Marble Kraals
19:45 - Chapter 10
Allan's Wife: 9. "Let us Go in, Allan"
19:54 - Chapter 11
Allan's Wife: 10. Hendrika Plots Evil
29:43 - Chapter 12
Allan's Wife: 11. Gone!
18:17 - Chapter 13
Allan's Wife: 12. The Magic of Indaba-Zimbi
22:31 - Chapter 14
Allan's Wife: 13. What Happened to Stella
19:02 - Chapter 15
Allan's Wife: 14. Fifteen Years After
19:27 - Chapter 16
Hunter Quatermain's Tale
42:56 - Chapter 17
A Tale of Three Lions: Chapter 1
21:58 - Chapter 18
A Tale of Three Lions: Chapter 2
23:42 - Chapter 19
A Tale of Three Lions: Chapter 3
29:20 - Chapter 20
Long Odds
40:22