H. Rider Haggard

In King Solomon's Mines, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good persuade Allan Quatermain to help them find Sir Henry's brother George, who has gone missing in the unexplored African interior while searching for the legendary treasure trove of a lost kingdom. Quatermain agrees to lead the expedition, though he has little hope they will return alive....

"Fascynująca książka... pełna ukrytych znaczeń" Sigmund Freud Ona to opowieść o wykładającym w Cambridge profesorze Hollym i jego podopiecznym Leo Vinceyu i ich podróży do zagubionego gdzieś w afrykańskim interiorze królestwa.  Impulsem do wyprawy staje się tajemnicza paczka zostawiona Leo przez ojca z poleceniem, aby otworzono ją dopiero w jego...

Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend - and reach, at the end of a perilous journey, an unknown land cut off from the world, where terrible dangers threaten anyone who ventures near the spectacular diamond mines of King Solomon......

Ayesha the white sorceress has been known by many names: 'She-who-must-be-obeyed', 'Isis Come To Earth' and 'Wisdom's Daughter'. Here she tells her tale of power, wisdom, love and deception in her own words. Arabian by birth, Ayesha's natural beauty was the cause of many wars and conflicts in her father's kingdom between princes and suitors,...

Upon his father's death, Leo Vincey is left in the care of his father's confidant Professor Horace Holly with one parting gift - a strange casket that he is to open on his twenty-fifth birthday. The years pass and when the day arrives to open it, Leo and Horace discover the ancient and mysterious 'Sherd of Amenartas' the history of Leo's...

Wanting to learn if he can communicate with deceased loved ones, adventurer Allan Quatermain seeks a meeting with the feared Zulu witch-doctor Zikali. Zikali tells Allan he must seek out a great white sorceress who rules a hidden kingdom far to the north, and he charges Allan to take a message to her. So begins Allan's treacherous journey into...