Allan and the Holy Flower by H. Rider Haggard
"Allan and the Holy Flower" by H. Rider Haggard is an adventure novel published in 1915. When Allan Quatermain brings an enormous rare orchid back from Africa, it sets off an extraordinary chain of events. A young Englishman loses his inheritance after accidentally paying a fortune for the flower at auction, then resolves to mount an expedition to find a living specimen in the African wilderness. The journey leads them through encounters
with slave traders, warrior tribes, cannibals, and a giant gorilla. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925 |
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| Title | Allan and the Holy Flower |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Flower |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Hunting guides -- Fiction |
| Subject | Quatermain, Allan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Plant collecting -- Africa -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 5174 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1617 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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