A love story taking place in Mexico at the end of the 18th century. The beautiful Indian princess and the Englishman fall in love, but suffer because of their feelings and her Indian origin. Also, the novel touches on the theme of the division of the Indians into two groups, after the conquest of Cortes. One group runs north and the other south and remains separate until the events of this novel unite them.

Colonel Quaritch left the English army and moved to live at Honham Cottage. This is a quiet, calm and old place, which is located near the castle of the de la Molle family. He falls in love with Ida de la Molle, the only child of the „squire,” who has mortgaged his possessions to their full value. The young girl without wealth, but she promised her hand and help to the young banker.

Henry Rider Haggard relies on adventure and exotic concepts. This story unfolds in the era of the Ptolemaic era of ancient Egyptian history. The line of the dynasty defended by the priesthood of Isis is trying to survive in difficult circumstances. The main character Harmachis must overthrow Cleopatra, banish the Romans and return to Egypt its former status.

Henry Rider Haggard loves to focus on adventure stories in Africa. In this story, he paid attention to love, magic and faith. At the heart of the story is the father who lost his daughter, due to the attack of the barbarians. The author well emphasizes the fact that faith can defeat savagery in this world and save from death.

Swallow is a lonely Dutch girl. She dreams that a loved one appears in her life. And soon she finds herself face to face with a sunken ship, stranded by the storm. So, off the coast of Africa the ship sank, whose path lay to India, one boy survived – he will become the main character of the story. To his misfortune, by birth he is a subject of the British crown, besides a nobleman. His love for the Swallow is intensifying and, to prove it, he must go against the kingdom....

She and Allan is a unique story written by Henry Rider Haggard. After all, he unites characters from three different series. Allan is looking for Ayesha in the hope of finding answers about his dead loved ones. He becomes involved in the rescue attempt of a young Portuguese-Scotch woman, and also fights with Ayesha’s enemies. This is truly one of the most exciting stories of a successful author.

King Solomon’s Mines is the first English adventure novel, which takes place in Africa. Allan Quatermain – the protagonist of the story, an ambitious and courageous guy who is ready to give a helping hand to difficult times. He recruits the same adventurers as his assistants and the group advances in search of the missing brother of one of the detachments. As a result, readers can watch not only the rescues of Allan Quatermain, but also the interesting adventures of a group...

Henryk Józef Muszyński – doktor habilitowany teologii, doktor nauk biblijnych, biskup pomocniczy chełmiński w l. 1985-1987, biskup diecezjalny włocławski w l. 1987-1992, arcybiskup metropolita gnieźnieński w l. 1992-2010, prymas Polski w l. 2009-2010, wiceprzewodniczący Konferencji Episkopatu Polski w l. 1994-1999, od 2010 r. arcybiskup senior archidiecezji gnieźnieńskiej. Ks. Wojciech Węckowski – prezbiter diecezji pelplińskiej, doktor teologii pastoralnej z dziedziny eduk...

"Wiatr we włosach" Henryka Cypriana Konkola to historia o poszukiwaniu własnej drogi życiowej, opisana z perspektywy dwóch kobiet: Ewy i Anny, przyjaciółek ze szkolnej ławki, które spotykają się po latach.Życie każdej z nich potoczyło się w inny sposób: pierwszej koneksje ojca pomogły w zdobyciu licencji pilota. Druga - wyjechała z kraju za miłością i powoli budowała swoją karierę. Obie czują w życiu niedosyt, głęboką, silną potrzebę, by stać się inną kobietą, osiągnąć więcej...

Ludojady z Tsavo to nie tylko jedna z najlepszych historii o ludojadach - to przede wszystkim reportaż naocznego świadka wyczynów dwóch ludożerczych lwów terroryzujących wschodnią Afrykę przez blisko rok. W tym czasie udało im się niemal całkowicie zatrzymać budowę jednej z linii kolejowych i uśmiercić ponad sto osób.Relacja podpułkownika Johna Henry'ego Patersona, inżyniera kierującego pracami konstrukcyjnymi, znakomicie oddaje atmosferę paraliżującego strachu, zabobon...

Biblia wszystkich ekologów i ekoentuzjastów! Książka, która zmieniła sposób patrzenia na otaczający nas świat. Walden, czyli życie w lesie to arcydzieło amerykańskiej literatury będące zapisem eksperymentu Thoreau, który przez ponad dwa lata żył samotnie nad stawem Walden w stanie Massachusetts. Eseje są pochwałą życia świadomego, prostego i surowego, w bliskim kontakcie z przyrodą. Walden ogromną popularność zdobył dopiero w latach sześćdziesiątych XX wieku, kiedy si...

Many people want to have a drug in their hands that can change our appearance. Our hero was in the hands of just such a drug. Quatermain takes the hallucinogenic drug taduki, after which he transforms into an incomprehensible creature. He falls in prehistoric times, in cave times. Such an adventure will be definitely interesting.

All events take place in Africa, in the imaginary kingdom, or perhaps one should say queendom of Mur, ruled by Maqueda, a descendant King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. This time Rider tells about two more lost tribes of Africa. Due to the contradictions between them, one of them faces death. The ring of Queen Sheba given to Dr. Richard Adams is a sign of well-deserved reward for the salvation of the people and the destruction of the main enemy.

Queen of the Dawn is an ancient Egyptian fantasy. The beginning of the story is very rapidly developing, from the very beginning the pharaon dies. And the daughter of Pharaoh is forced to hide. She meets and falls in love with the usurper’s disguised son. The end is full of adventures and bright battles.

Haggard’s story about greed and selfishness. This is the story of the dastardly Mr. Meeson, the rich owner of the publishing house. The only brave human who wants to stop his atrocities is Augusta. However, he leaves a mark on her spine before death, which leads further to battle.

Ayesha is an example of a strong and stately woman. It is a 2000-year-old woman who still looks amazing for her age, rules the tribes in Africa. Despite the unwelcome arrival of the British on her land. She extends a helping hand to them. Suddenly, she falls in love with one of the researchers of this group. But can such love be?

Haggard wrote the story „Red Eve” in six months. In it, we meet Sir Hugh de Cressi, the son of a merchant who is in love with Eve. She, too, is in love with him, but a traitor knight Sir Edmund Acour is caring for her. He realizes that he cannot conquer her feelings and gives her a potion. The result is that she did marry him. But how long will this potion act? Unlike other stories, where events are developing in Africa, here readers will be able to travel around Europe....

Eric Brighteyes – an epic novel about the Vikings, the main character of which accounts for Eric Brighteyes. All events revolve around Eric and his adventures across Iceland in the 10th century. He seeks to win the hand of his beloved Gudruda the Fair. Her father, Asmund, a priest of the Norse gods, opposes this, considered to be his unpromising boy for his daughter. The most awful thing in this story is that the witch wants to get Eric’s attention. But can our hero resist ...

Beatrice is one of the most emotional works written by Henry Rider Haggard. There are no crazy adventures, frightening battles or supernatural events, but there is everything for the soul, for easy reading. It tells of the ill-fated love between Beatrice Granger, an unmarried Welsh teacher, and Jeffrey Bingham, a wretchedly married lawyer who lives in London. It all starts after Beatrice saved Jeffrey’s life in a canoe accident during a huge storm. This is a story about a t...

The Yellow God is another excellent book by H. Rider Haggard. Jeekie lives in England for about 30 years, arriving in England with his uncle. His uncle, Alan Vernon was involved in a dubious financial deal and left the company, after which he lost all his money. Jeekie persuades Alan to go to West Africa in search of good luck, and now the exciting adventures begin.

Haggard explores love, friendship, and women during an adventure across the Atlantic and South America. In The „Virgin of the Sun”, the author also explores the Inca myth associated with the rise of one of America’s greatest pre-Columbian leaders, Pachacuti. After several small adventures and misfortunes, our hero, Hubert, meets and befriends a strange man from a strange land. This story is filled with murder, intrigue, adventure and betrayal. It will definitely be remember...

Henry Rider Haggard combines romance and travel in his story. This is a story about how Allan Quatermain met his first wife, Marie. Two dangerous criminals are trying to kill the main character and take away his wife. This story captures the reader from the first pages, because first we see the greatest battle. However, in the end, readers will witness the emotional ending of this story.

Porywająca, pełna zwrotów akcji i sekretów historia miłosna Bracia Andinnian są jak ogień i woda. Adam, przyszły baronet, jest porywczy i niecierpliwy, z kolei młodszy Karl ma łagodne i miłe usposobienie. Karl, nie mogąc liczyć na tytuł, jako porucznik w jednym z pułków Jej Królewskiej Mości może liczyć tylko na siebie. Chociaż jest zakochany z wzajemnością w Lucy, córce pułkownika, w oczach rodziców swojej wybranki nie jest odpowiednim kandydatem. Tymczasem Adam staje w...

An old secret and a lovely woman and three men: Barr Radison, an American adventurer, searching for the mysterious source of black and silver fox pelts, Macferris Montenay, a ruthless giant of a man, trying to carve out his own kingdom in the wilderness, and Jean Nichemus, a halfbreed and Montenay’s henchman, harboring his own sinister plans. „Ghost Hills” is one of the adventure stories of a prolific H. Bedford-Jones who is rightly called the „King of Pulps”.