Allan Quartermain

By: Henry Rider Haggard

Narrated by: Alan Munro

The sequel to H. Rider Haggard’s 1885 blockbuster adventure story King Solomon’s Mines. Quartermain was one of the templates for the American film character Indiana Jones.

Public Domain (P)2020 Trout Lake Media

Great adventure story

not the best narration, too monotone for my taste. a bit of excitement when reading the battle scenes would definitely keep the audience more engaged

Still wonderful after all of these years...

This is not the movie. In many ways the movie. The movie is better than the book. But this reflects the time of the British ruling and controlling large swaths of Africa as well as India. It is written in a very slow build and old fashioned style, and still the listener can see these men risking their lives and in some cases their morals to make their fortunes from hunting everything from elephants for their tusks to leopards for their pelts. We modern readers know the mess that group of people made of the environment. But we still hope the main characters make it home in one piece. H. Rider Haggard deserves his reputation for books that take the reader to the edge of their arm chairs.

Boring Epic

First- the reader was terrible. A low, resonant voice that is hard to understand unless you turn it up loud, then the low resonance is so booming it hurts the ears. He breaks in sentences where there is no break, mispronounces words, and seemed to be more boring than the story itself. Second: The story is horribly boring. Soooo many words about nothing. I was literally gagging it was so bad- and that is NOT hyperbole. Don’t waste your time- it is nothing at all like King Solomons Mines and probably should not have been connected to that story in any way. If you want a great adventure story listen to the Tarzan books- they are awesome.