1953 Lost Civilizations: Three Adventure Novels by H. Rider Haggard

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Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce, With Dustwrapper

First thus, being the first time these three novels have been bound together as one.

Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.

Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre.

This trio of Haggard novels is comprised of 'Montezuma's Daughter', 'Eric Brighteyes' and 'Cleopatra', first published in 1892, 1891 and 1889, respectively.

'Montezuma's Daughter' follows a young Englishman named Thomas Wingfield who has a brush with the Spanish Inquisition, and joins a Spanish expedition to New Spain.

'Eric Brighteyes' is an epic Viking adventure novel set in 10th century in Iceland.

'Cleopatra' follows Harmachiis as he tries to overthrow the supposed imposter Cleopatra, drive out the Greeks and Roman, and restore Egypt to its former glory.