{"product_id":"9780140437638-she","title":"She","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn his twenty-fifth birthday, Leo Vincey opens the silver casket that his father has left to him. It contains a letter recounting the legend of a white sorceress who rules an African tribe and of his father's quest to find this remote race. To find out for himself if the story is true, Leo and his companions set sail for Zanzibar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his fascination with African lore and his love of adventure to create a seminal work of fantasy, H. Rider Haggard's \u003ci\u003eShe\u003c\/i\u003e is edited with an introduction by Patrick Brantlinger in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn his twenty-fifth birthday, Leo Vincey opens the silver casket that his father has left to him. It contains a letter recounting the legend of a white sorceress who rules an African tribe and of his father's quest to find this remote race. To find out for himself if the story is true, Leo and his companions set sail for Zanzibar. There, he is brought face to face with Ayesha, \u003ci\u003eShe-who-must-be-obeyed\u003c\/i\u003e: dictator, femme fatale, tyrant and beauty. She has been waiting for centuries for the true descendant of Kallikrates, her murdered lover, to arrive, and arrive he does - in an unexpected form. Blending breathtaking adventure with a brooding sense of mystery and menace, \u003ci\u003eShe\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of romance, exploration discovery and heroism that has lost none of its power to enthral.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Brantlinger's introduction discusses H. Rider Haggard's experience of Empire, and how he took the Africa of fantasies and wove its magic into \u003ci\u003eShe. \u003c\/i\u003eThis edition also includes further reading and explanatory notes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was born in Bradenham, Norfolk, the sixth son of a lawyer. In 1875 his father procured for him the post of junior secretary to the Governor of Natal; spending six years in South Africa, he remained fascinated by the country's landscape, wildlife and tribal societies for the rest of his life. Haggard's first novel \u003ci\u003eKing Solomon's Mines \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1885, shortly after had passed the bar, proving so successful that he was able to move back to Norfolk to concentrate on his writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eShe\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like John Buchan's \u003ci\u003eThe Thirty-Nine Steps\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It is full of hidden meaning . the eternal feminine, the immortality of our emotions'\u003cbr\u003eSigmund Freud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31640602771553,"sku":"9780140437638","price":7.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32251039.jpg?v=1737103025","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140437638-she","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}