""Ayesha: The Return of She"" is a novel by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1905. It is a sequel to his earlier work ""She"" and continues the story of Ayesha, the immortal queen of the lost city of K r. The book follows the journey of Leo Vincey, the protagonist of ""She"", and his companion Holly, as they travel to the African interior in search of Ayesha. Along the way, they encounter various obstacles and dangers, including hostile tribes, treacherous terrain, and Ayesha's own supernatural powers. Eventually, ...
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""Ayesha: The Return of She"" is a novel by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1905. It is a sequel to his earlier work ""She"" and continues the story of Ayesha, the immortal queen of the lost city of K r. The book follows the journey of Leo Vincey, the protagonist of ""She"", and his companion Holly, as they travel to the African interior in search of Ayesha. Along the way, they encounter various obstacles and dangers, including hostile tribes, treacherous terrain, and Ayesha's own supernatural powers. Eventually, they reach K r and discover that Ayesha has been awaiting Leo's return for centuries. However, her desire to possess him and her jealousy of his love for another woman lead to a tragic and violent conclusion. ""Ayesha: The Return of She"" is a thrilling adventure story that explores themes of love, immortality, and the consequences of power.1904. A prolific English writer, who published colorful novels set in unknown regions and lost kingdoms of Africa, or some other corner of the world such as Iceland, Constantinople, Mexico, Ancient Egypt. Haggard's best-known work is the romantic adventure tale King Solomon's Mine, which was inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. In Ayesha, guided by a vision, an Englishman and his companion search the mountains of Asia for the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priestess.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Haggard's SHE picks up again, this time written in 1925 and a sequel to SHE as her reincarnated love once again with his older friend and guardian Holly along, cross every imaginable danger imaginable to hopefully find their immortal Goddess again. Is this legendary female really Ayesha, the immortal (kinda, sorta) who met her fate in SHE? Will an encounter along the way be their undoing? Will savages, killer hounds or landslides, avalanches or starvation keep these 19th century heroes from their quest? If this is Ayesha, what can happen to them all this ime around, and how does a mortal man approach loving something more supernatural than flesh? Brilliantly written by Haggard in the flowery language of the day (circa 1900), AYESHA packs all of its pulp power into an epic that stands side-by-side with the original SHE, which sold over 83 million copies since its 1st edition. EVERY element of Haggard's tales have been lifted since then, from Anne Rice to Indiana Jones and beyond, but here, it is pure and richly visualized.
This is a timeless masterpiece of pulp writing and a can't-put-it-down book, even a century later. With a century-plus cult-like following, SHE is both great reading and a bold feminist statement against victorian England when it was published.
for a last blast of irony, SHE AND ALLEN teams She (Ursula Andress in the 1967 film version) with Allen Quartermaine (Sean Connery in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen): both film icons who appeared in the first James Bond adventure, Dr. No. Ponder that while you chew up AYESHA and dive into the remaining SHE stories.
