The Ivory Child: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Ivory Child is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) (1856–1925).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Ivory Child" by H. Rider Haggard is a novel featuring Allan Quatermain. Two priests from the White Kendah People travel to England seeking Quatermain's help. Their people face annihilation from the Black Kendah, whose evil god inhabits the largest elephant ever seen—a beast no man can kill. Quatermain must return to Africa to destroy this supernatural threat before an entire civilization perishes. The novel explores themes of memory loss and fate.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Ivory Child
- Author credits: Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) (1856–1925)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Adventure stories
- Fantasy fiction, English
- Quatermain, Allan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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- Adventure
- Category: Adventure
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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