Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain

About this film

LibriVox recording of Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard. Read in English by Peter John Keeble This is a superb sweeping romantic adventure story of how Alan Quatermain, hero of fourteen of Rider H Haggard's books, met, fell in love with and married his first wife. It is related from the perspective of old age and is set against the time of the Great Trek in the 1830s. The villains of the piece are truly villainous, Dingaan a portly traitorous despotic Zulu chief, and a Portuguese killer who constantly plots to kill our hero and steal his wife. This book is written with histrionic flair typical of the Victorian era, gripping battles combined with scenes of fervent emotion. Bigotry and hatred filter through the story, having (as they do even now) a terrible effect on all the characters who harboured such prejudices. (Summary by Peter Keeble) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B 00-13 (137MB) Downloa…

Directors & creators

H. Rider Haggard

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; South Africa; fiction;Sixth Xhosa War

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