Hunter Quatermain's Story

his friends and native land. This work became the seventeenth book of the Allan Quatermain series, where Allan tells a story of his experisnce during the hunt: having lost the wagon and oxen, he had to return to populated area, accompanied by two servants. On their dangerous way back, 300 miles long, they were attacked by a lion and a fierce ox. In all the Haggard’s stories, the fantastic and mystical element plays a substantial role; the author’s passion for the lost words, ancient ruins and mysterious civilizations, cults of immortality and reincarnation made the author a forefather of modern fantasy.