Lady Luna and the Taduki Drug (Fantasy Trilogy) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Allan Quatermain Adventures: The Ivory Child, The Ancient Allan & Allan and the Ice-godsBy H. Rider Haggard
Length32h 31m
About this audiobook
Lady Luna and the Taduki Drug brings together H. Rider Haggard's fascination with visionary experience, exotic adventure, and metaphysical speculation in a compact fantasy trilogy. Moving between romance, dream-vision, and occult tale, the work explores altered consciousness, hidden knowledge, and the porous boundary between the material world and the unseen. Its style is characteristically late-Victorian: richly atmospheric, melodramatic, and earnest in its engagement with mystery, empire, and spiritual possibility. Haggard, best known for King Solomon's Mines and She, was shaped by his years in southern Africa, his legal and colonial service, and his lifelong interest in archaeology, folklore, ancient religion, and psychical research. These concerns often led him beyond conventional adventure fiction into narratives of reincarnation, trance, lost civilizations, and sacred memory. Lady Luna and the Taduki Drug reflects this distinctive imaginative territory, where imperial romance becomes a vehicle for philosophical and supernatural inquiry. This volume is recommended for readers interested in the origins of modern fantasy, occult fiction, and adventure romance. It will especially reward those who appreciate Victorian speculative literature at its most curious, symbolic, and intellectually restless.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, General Fiction
Length32 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 19, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6The Ivory Child
7Chapter I. Allan Gives a Shooting Lesson
8Chapter II. Allan Makes a Bet
9Chapter III. Miss Holmes
10Chapter IV. Harût and Marût
11Chapter V. The Plot
12Chapter VI. The Bona Fide Gold Mine
13Chapter VII. Lord Ragnall's Story
14Chapter VIII. The Start
15Chapter IX. The Meeting in the Desert
16Chapter X. Charge!
17Chapter XI. Allan is Captured
18Chapter XII. The First Curse
19Chapter XIII. Jana
20Chapter XIV. The Chase
21Chapter XV. The Dweller in the Cave
22Chapter XVI. Hans Steals the Keys
23Chapter XVII. The Sanctuary and the Oath
24Chapter XVIII. The Embassy
25Chapter XIX. Allan Quatermain Misses
26Chapter XX. Allan Weeps
27Chapter XXI. Homewards
28The Ancient Allan
29Chapter I. An Old Friend
30Chapter II. Ragnall Castle
31Chapter III. Allan Gives His Word
32Chapter IV. Through the Gates
33Chapter V. The Wager
34Chapter VI. The Doom of the Boat
35Chapter VII. Bes Steals the Signet
36Chapter VIII. The Lady Amada
37Chapter IX. The Messengers
38Chapter X. Shabaka Plights His Troth
39Chapter XI. The Holy Tanofir
40Chapter XII. The Slaying of Idernes
41Chapter XIII. Amada Returns to Isis
42Chapter XIV. Shabaka Fights the Crocodile
43Chapter XV. The Summons
44Chapter XVI. Tanofir Finds His Broken Cup
45Chapter XVII. The Battle—And After
46Allan and the Ice-gods
47Chapter I. Allan Refuses a Fortune
48Chapter II. Back to the Past
49Chapter III. Wi Seeks a Sign
50Chapter IV. The Tribe
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