H. Rider Haggard ~6 hr read

In the ancient ruins of the lost city of Kôr rules Ayesha, 'She-who-must-be-obeyed', a woman of terrible beauty who has waited two thousand years, undying, for the return of the lover she slew.

H. Rider Haggard's 1886 novel is a foundational classic of the lost-world and fantasy adventure, one of the best-selling books ever written. Thrilling, mythic, unforgettable. Read it for the immortal queen of adventure fiction, a haunting tale of empire, eternal love, and dreadful power in darkest Africa.

In its time

Published in 1886, during the 1880s, lost races and dying earths.

Reading it

~6 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).