Ayesha the Return of She is a novel written by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1905. It is a sequel to his earlier work, She, and follows the story of the immortal Ayesha, also known as She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed. The novel begins with Leo Vincey, the protagonist of She, receiving a package from Ayesha containing a map and a letter. The map leads him to a hidden kingdom in Africa, where he discovers that Ayesha has returned and is ruling as the queen of the land. Leo is accompanied on his journey by his friend Horace Holly ...
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Ayesha the Return of She is a novel written by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1905. It is a sequel to his earlier work, She, and follows the story of the immortal Ayesha, also known as She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed. The novel begins with Leo Vincey, the protagonist of She, receiving a package from Ayesha containing a map and a letter. The map leads him to a hidden kingdom in Africa, where he discovers that Ayesha has returned and is ruling as the queen of the land. Leo is accompanied on his journey by his friend Horace Holly and a young woman named Job, who is revealed to be the daughter of Ayesha and Leo. As they navigate the dangers of the kingdom and encounter various mystical beings, Leo and Ayesha's complicated relationship is explored further.The novel delves into themes of immortality, love, and power, and is known for its vivid descriptions of the African landscape and its fantastical elements. It has been adapted into several films and inspired numerous works of popular culture.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.
