1904. A prolific English writer, who published colorful novels set in unknown regions and lost kingdoms of Africa, or some other corner of the world such as Iceland, Constantinople, Mexico, Ancient Egypt. Haggard's best-known work is the romantic adventure tale King Solomon's Mine, which was inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. In Ayesha, guided by a vision, an Englishman and his companion search the mountains of Asia for the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priestess.
Author's Note
Not with a view of conciliating those readers who on principle object to sequels, but as a matter of fact, the Author wishes to say that he does not so regard this book.
Rather does he venture to ask that it should be considered as the conclusion of an imaginative tragedy (if he may so call it) whereof one half has been already published.
This conclusion it was always his desire to write should he be destined to live through those many years which, in obedience to his original design, must be allowed to lapse between the events of the first and second parts of the romance.
In response to many enquiries he may add that the name Ayesha, which since the days of the prophet Mahomet, who had a wife so called, and perhaps before them, has been common in the East, should be pronounced Assha .
Author's Note
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Introduction
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Chapter 1 The Double Sign
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Chapter 2 The Lamasery
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Chapter 3 The Beacon Light
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Chapter 4 The Avalanche
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Chapter 5 The Glacier
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Chapter 6 In the Gate
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Chapter 7 The First Ordeal
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Chapter 8 The Death-Hounds
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Chapter 9 The Court of Kaloon
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Chapter 10 In the Shaman's Chamber
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Chapter 11 The Hunt and the Kill
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Chapter 12 The Messenger
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Chapter 13 Beneath the Shadowing Wings
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Chapter 14 The Court of Death
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Chapter 15 The Second Ordeal
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Chapter 16 The Change
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Chapter 17 The Betrothal
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Chapter 18 The Third Ordeal
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Chapter 19 Leo and the Leopard
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Chapter 20 Ayesha's Alchemy
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Chapter 21 The Prophecy of Atene
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Chapter 22 The Loosing of the Powers
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Chapter 23 The Yielding of Ayesha
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Chapter 24 The Passing of Ayesha
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