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Allan Quatermain

Allan Quatermain was the quintessential Victorian English gentleman cum African big-game hunter. In this book, the second in the series, Quaterman and his two good friends from KSM have tired of their dull and unfulfilling lives in England, and decide to search for the truth of an old tale about the existence of an isolated white kingdom deep in darkest Africa. Their journey and subsequent adventures are sure to satisfy those who enjoy tales of dangerous quests and heroic just-in-time derring-do.

Allan Quatermain appears in some 15 to 18 stories or books by H. Rider Haggard. (The number varies by source and apparently depends on how one chooses to count the shorter stories.) Haggard suggests that Quatermain was the author of the works, and he (Haggard) only edited and published them. The most famous Quatermain book is the first, King Solomon’s Mines (1885), and the sequel (1887) was Allan Quatermain - in which the main character, shall we say, departs for a better place! All the other Quatermain books – even those whose events occurred earlier in time – seem to have been written after these two main titles.

The internal chronology of Quatermain’s life is a big mess, to be honest. As you study the research and learn of the numerous contradictions of timing of events in the books, you see that conjecture and invention are required to create any kind of internal chronology that makes sense. So my advice is to read (listen to) the books for enjoyment, don’t take notes!, and don’t worry about how one event simply can’t be possible on the apparent date because it conflicts wtih some other event in a different story! Hey! It’s fiction – anything goes!

(Summary by John Nicholson)

Year of Publication: 1887Genres: Action & Adventure Fiction

Running Time: 13 hours 07 minutes 04 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	INTRODUCTION John Nicholson	19:55
2	THE CONSUL'S YARN John Nicholson	35:16
3	THE BLACK HAND John Nicholson	25:59
4	THE MISSION STATION John Nicholson	29:10
5	ALPHONSE AND HIS ANNETTE John Nicholson	26:02
6	UMSLOPOGAAS MAKES A PROMISE John Nicholson	38:13
7	THE NIGHT WEARS ON John Nicholson	25:30
8	A SLAUGHTER GRIM AND GREAT John Nicholson	31:48
9	ALPHONSE EXPLAINS John Nicholson	29:19
10	INTO THE UNKNOWN John Nicholson	31:44
11	THE ROSE OF FIRE John Nicholson	34:39
12	THE FROWNING CITY John Nicholson	38:42
13	THE SISTER QUEENS John Nicholson	40:03
14	ABOUT THE ZU-VENDI PEOPLE John Nicholson	31:12
15	THE FLOWER TEMPLE John Nicholson	41:42
16	SORAIS' SONG John Nicholson	36:04
17	BEFORE THE STATUE John Nicholson	28:24
18	THE STORM BREAKS John Nicholson	32:55
19	WAR! RED WAR! John Nicholson	40:17
20	A STRANGE WEDDING John Nicholson	25:22
21	THE BATTLE OF THE PASS John Nicholson	37:48
22	AWAY! AWAY! John Nicholson	26:11
23	HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR John Nicholson	36:39
24	I HAVE SPOKEN John Nicholson	23:19
25	BY ANOTHER HAND John Nicholson	20:51