Wisdom's Daughter: Volume 4

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 Arabian by birth, Ayesha's natural beauty was the cause in her father's kingdom of many wars and conflicts between jealous princes and suitors, leading to a rumor that she was cursed. Swearing an oath of celibacy, to serve Isis the Goddess of the Spirit of Nature and turn away from Aphrodite the Goddess of Love, she seeks to protect herself, until Greek soldier of fortune Kallikrates comes to her for sanctuary and her resolve weakens. But Kallikrates does not arrive alone--he is pursued by the Pharaoh's daughter who is wildly jealous of Ayesha's beauty and vows to destroy her. Only by staying true to Isis does Ayesha survive, and as a reward Isis leads her to the hidden kingdom of K r in Africa, to herald in a new Golden Age. The kingdom of K r hides many secrets, including The Flame of Eternal Life where ultimately Ayesha's vanity, obsession, and desire lead to her downfall.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843913992
• ISBN13: 9781843913993
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Hesperus Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.8" x 7.6"

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