Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain by H. Rider HAGGARD Part 1/2 | Audio Book
Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain by H. Rider HAGGARD (1856 - 1925)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction
Read by: Peter John Keeble in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Dedication
00:02:56 - 01 - Preface
00:04:17 - 02 - Editors Note
00:12:09 - 03 - Allan Learns French
00:36:06 - 04 - The Attack On Maraisfontein
01:06:10 - 05 - The Rescue
01:27:51 - 06 - Hernando Periera
01:55:52 - 07 - The Shooting Match
02:26:47 - 08 - The Parting
02:50:46 - 09 - Allan's Call
03:19:24 - 10 - The Camp of Death
03:45:22 - 11 - The Promise
04:08:21 - 12 - Vrouw Prinsloo Speaks Her Mind
04:34:19 - 13 - The Shot in the Kloof
05:01:54 - 14 - Dingaan's Bet
05:26:42 - 15 - The Rehearsal
05:52:41 - 16 - The Play
06:18:23 - 17 - Retief Asks a Favour
06:48:47 - 18 - The Council
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)
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