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Allan’s Wife and Other Tales is a collection of thrilling adventures featuring the legendary Allan Quatermain. In Allan’s Wife, Quatermain recounts his early years, his great love, and the tragic events that shaped his life. The additional tales include gripping hunting escapades and supernatural encounters, all set against the vast and untamed landscapes of Africa. A must-read for fans of classic adventure fiction.

In 1885, H. Rider Haggard introduced Allan Quatermain, elephant hunter extraordinaire, in his best-selling African adventure novel 'King Solomon's Mines'. Haggard went on to publish twelve Quatermain novels and several novellas and short stories, including the four in this collection. 'Allan's Wife' explains how Quatermain became a hunter early in life and recounts the tragedy of his brief marriage to Stella, his childhood sweetheart. The three shorter tales are hunting yarns narrated by Quatermain as an old man. In 'Hunter Quatermain', Allan is faced with a raging wounded buffalo and in 'A ...