Companionably met at the announcement of the British annexing of Transvaal to the British Crown, two English hunters travel to Lydenburg, in pursuit of buffalo. . . . and from so quiet a beginning arises one of the great adventures of Allan Quatermain -- fated now to be not hunter but hunted, driven to a place the natives fear, beyond a swamp haunted by murdered souls . . . and then to the dread Valley of Bones.

Author Biography

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (June 1856 - 1925), known as H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.