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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Return of Tarzan
This follow-up to `Tarzan of the Apes‘ begins where the first novel ended, with Tarzan‘s beloved Jane set to marry his cousin. Disappointed in love, Tarzan leaves for Europe, and after a bit of trouble, becomes a spy for the French government. Soon, he finds himself back in the same jungle, in which he grew up, and coincidentally, so does Jane. Duals, attempted murders, espionage, suicide, ancient treasure, a shipwreck, lion attacks and numerous escapes, `The Return of Tarzan‘ (1915) does not lack...
Engels | 9 uur 8 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes
One day, an ape named Kala finds a small human boy in the jungles of Africa. She names him Tarzan ("White skin" in ape language), and raises him as her own. In time, differences between himself and his tribe become clear to Tarzan, and when he finds a human-made cabin with books and photographs, he starts to understand why. Little does he know that his encounters with other humans have only just begun. This 1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in a pulp magazine and quickly became...
Engels | 9 uur 12 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three...
Engels | 4 uur 38 minuten (211 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henry Rider Haggard Allan Quartermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones, Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce...
Engels | 13 uur 2 minuten (599 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Lydia Rood Turkenliefje
Als een jonge Rotterdamse vrouw in het begin van de achttiende eeuw belooft te trouwen met een weduwnaar, krijgt ze een brief van haar grote liefde, een Barbarijse zeerover.
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 288 pagina's (ePub2, 3,2 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2019
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Machteld Kruijssen Het land van de zon
In het 19e-eeuwse Engeland wordt een vrouw verliefd op Giovanni Belzoni die haar meevoert naar Malta en Egypte.
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 269 pagina's (ePub2, 0,7 MB) | Omniboek, Utrecht | 2018
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Brett Michael Innes Kleine Rachel
Een klein meisje in Zuid-Afrika eind 19e eeuw offert zich tijdens een ijzige sneeuwstorm in de Drakensbergen op om haar jongere broertje van de vriesdood te redden.
Fictie | Avonturenroman | Familieroman | Historische roman
Nederlands | 229 pagina's (ePub, 0,5 MB) | Mozaiek, Zoetermeer | 2013
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