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Allan and the Holy FlowerH. Rider Haggard

Allan and the Holy Flower

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Original author: H. Rider Haggard

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"Allan and the Holy Flower" by H. Rider Haggard is an adventure novel published in 1915. When Allan Quatermain brings an enormous rare orchid back from Africa, it sets off an extraordinary chain of events. A young Englishman loses his inheritance after accidentally paying a fortune for the flower at auction, then resolves to mount an expedition to find a living specimen in the African wilderness. The journey leads them through encounters with slave traders, warrior tribes, cannibals, and a giant gorilla.

Allan and the Holy Flower, by H. Rider Haggard. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #5174.

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