Maiwa's Revenge
Illustration from, Chapter VII, by Thure de Thulstrup | |
Author | H. Rider Haggard |
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Language | English |
Genre | Adventure novel |
Publication date | 1888 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Preceded by | "A Tale of Three Lions" |
Followed by | "Hunter Quatermain's Story" |
Maiwa's Revenge, or The War of the Little Hand is a short novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard published in 1888 about the hunter Allan Quatermain. The story involves Quatermain going on a hunting expedition, then taking part in an attack on a native kraal to rescue a captured English hunter and avenge Maiwa, an African princess whose baby has been killed.[1] It is the third novel and sixth overall story in the Allan Quatermain series.
References
[edit ]- ^ "NEW BOOKS". Illustrated Sydney News (NSW : 1853–1872) . NSW: National Library of Australia. 27 September 1888. p. 23. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
External links
[edit ]- Maiwa's Revenge at Project Gutenberg
- Maiwa's Revenge public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- Images and bibliographic information for various editions of Maiwa's Revenge at SouthAfricaBooks.com
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