Wisdom's Daughter

By H. Rider Haggard

Book Overview

In the fourth and final book in the She sequence, the beautiful and immortal Ayesha tells her tale of power, wisdom, love, and deception, in her own words.

First Sentence:

"TO THE learned man, ugly of form and face but sound at heart, Holly by name, a citizen of a northern land whom at times I think that once I knew as Noot the Holy, that philosopher who was my master in a past which seems far to him and is forgot, but to me is but as yesterday, to this Holly, I say, I, who on earth am named Ayesha, daughter of Yarab the Arab chief, but who have many other titles here and elsewhere, have told certain stories of my past days and the part I played in them."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644390663
• ISBN13: 9781644390665
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Indoeuropeanpublishing.com
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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Third in the trilogy of "She". Not quite as action-packed, far more wordy and philosophical, written after the great cataclysm of WWI and two years before Haggard's death. But still entrancing, very readable. I love this whole series.

The fourth and last and best in the Ayesha series.

Written toward the end of his career, a mature H. Rider Haggard tells in this romance the complete story of Ayesha, and how She succumbed to the immortal Fire at Kor. This romance is required reading for anyone who has enjoyed She, Ayesha: The Return of She, and She and Allan.

Haggard's famous creation, She, tells her own life story.

Told with the usual color and flair for adventure, Haggard's immortal She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed tells her own centuries-long life story, and how she helped cause the downfall of the last Pharoah who was a native Egyptian. Fantasy fans have remembered only a few of Haggard's novels, but all of them are excellent, and this is much a fantasy as it is a very good historical fiction. With links to his other great cycle, the Allan Quatermain series