When the World Shook
Three very different Englishmen, a wealthy widower, a sharp-tongued surgeon, and a stubborn clergyman, are shipwrecked on a remote South Sea island. There they find two figures sealed in crystal coffins, alive but sleeping for a quarter of a million years. The waking of Oro, a god-like ruler from a vanished civilization, and his daughter Yva forces the men to confront a power that could unmake the modern world. Haggard mixes lost-world adventure with romance, theology, and a grim look at human folly, written in the shadow of the First World War. It is one of his stranger late novels, closer to science fiction than to the African tales that made his name. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available here.
About the Author
Henry Rider Haggard was born in 1856 in Norfolk, England, and came from a large landed family that had largely exhausted its money by the time he was an adult. He was not a strong student and was the only Haggard son sent out into…
See all books by H. Rider Haggard →
