Smith and the Pharaohs and Other Tales

H. Rider Haggard

Jul 2023 · Open Road Media

About this eBook

Six classic supernatural short stories, including one Allan Quatermain tale, from the author of King’s Solomon’s Mines. Originally published in 1920, this collection of six stories with a supernatural bent takes readers on a wild ride. An archaeologist with a passion for Egyptology is locked overnight in the Cairo Museum, and the experience changes his life. Haggard’s greatest creation, Allan Quatermain, tells the tale of a Zulu man’s sacrifice and bravery. A British Army captain stationed in Southern Africa carries on a love affair with a woman in London. An English missionary and his family live with a Zulu tribe. On the eve of his marriage to his second wife, a man is haunted by the ghost of his first wife. A mother in the English countryside makes a great sacrifice. In these six tales, Haggard creates worlds of magic, ghosts, reincarnations, and more, and demonstrates his mastery of the form.

About the author

H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English adventure novelist. Haggard studied law, but rather than pursuing a legal career took a secretarial position in what is now South Africa. His time there provided the inspiration for some of his most popular novels, including She (1887), an early classic of the lost world fantasy genre and one of the bestselling books of all time.