Adventure audiobooks
She
by Henry Rider HaggardKnown for his magnum opus King Solomon Mines, English novelist H. Rider Haggard's another great novel She: A History of Adventure narrates the story of a female dominated kingdom in unexplored African region. The narrator Horace Holly travels to Africa in an attempt to discover his ancestors and encounters with an unique kingdom which is domin..
Allan's Wife
by Henry Rider HaggardAllan's Wife and Other Tales is a collection of Allan Quatermain stories by H. Rider Haggard, first published in London by Spencer Blackett in December 1889. The title story was new, with its first publication intended for the collection, but two unauthorized editions appeared earlier in New York, based on pirated galley proofs. The other three sto..
Allan and the Holy Flower
by Henry Rider HaggardAllan and the Holy Flower in America is a 1915 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. It was serialised in The Windsor Magazine illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen, and in New Story Magazine from December 1913 through June 1914. The plot involves Quatermain going on a trek into Africa to find a mysterious flower. Brother Jo..
Colonel Quaritch, V.C.: A Tale of Country Life
by Henry Rider HaggardThis is not your typical H. Rider Haggard adventure book yet it is full of mystery and intrigue including a coerced marriage, bigotry, adultery, murder and a buried treasure! This is the tale of an ancient family’s struggles to survive, one woman’s selflessness and another’s evil schemes; Two Gentlemen, two scoundrels and one very underestimated, l..
Black Heart and White Heart
by Henry Rider HaggardBefore the beginning of this story of the most remarkable episodes in his life, Philip Hadden was engaged for several years in transport-riding--carrying goods on ox waggons from Durban or Maritzburg to various points in the interior of Africa...
Eric Brighteyes
by Henry Rider HaggardThe Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic viking novel by H. Rider Haggard, and concerns the adventures of its eponymous principal character in 10th century Iceland. The novel was first published in 1890 by Longmans, Green & Company. It was illustrated by Lancelot Speed.Eric Thorgrimursson (nicknamed "Brighteyes" for his most notable ..
An Outcast Of The Islands
by Joseph ConradAn Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896, inspired by Conrad's experience as mate of a steamer, the Vidar. The novel details the undoing of Peter Willems, a disreputable, immoral man who, on the run from a scandal in Makassar, finds refuge in a hidden native village, only to betray his benefactors over lust ..
Almayer's Folly
by Joseph ConradAlmayer's Folly, published in 1895, is Joseph Conrad's first novel. Set in the late 19th century, it centres on the life of the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer in the Borneo jungle and his relationship to his mixed heritage daughter Nina. Almayer’s Folly is about a poor businessman who dreams of finding a hidden gold mine and becoming very wealthy. He ..