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H. Rider Haggard
English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre.
The Ivory Child
The Ivory Child
- Published
- 1916
- Language
- English
Synopsis
Two priests of the White Kendah people ask Allan Quatermain for help against the Black Kendah, whose god resides in a monstrous elephant no man can kill. Quatermain returns to Africa to confront the spirit and to help rescue a kidnapped woman caught up in the tribes' civil war.