Child of Storm
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H. Rider Haggard
(4,387 Sterne; 80 Bewertungen)
Child of Storm is a 1913 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. The plot is set in 1854-56 and concerns Quatermain hunting in Zululand and getting involved with Mameema, a beautiful African girl who causes great turmoil in the Zulu kingdom.
The novel is the second in a trilogy by Haggard involving the collapse of the Zulu kingdom and featuring the dwarf Zikali. The first book is Marie, and the third, Finished.
The story takes place against the real life struggle between Cetshwayo and Umbelazi, the two sons of the Zulu king Mpande (called "Panda" in the novel). The events culminate in the Battle of Ndondakusuka (here called the "Battle of the Tugela") in 1856. Real life people such as Panda, Cetshwayo, and John Robert Dunn appear as characters. - Summary by wikipedia (10 hr 3 min)
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Not the best Quartermain
Dr. Dijkstra
(4 Sterne)
Reders were fine but story dragged on and on. Nice to listen to while doing some yard work.
wall rider
(4 Sterne)
great book briliant male reader a shame for the woman who I can't bare to fast to height toned
it's a nice book if you are into Henry Rider haggard
Peter Cottam
(5 Sterne)
Didn’t love this one
Bung
(2 Sterne)
The readers are good though.
Brett Miller
(5 Sterne)
I love getting lost in Haggard's Africa
SKH
(5 Sterne)
Excellent story well read. Thank you!
GioVonGio
(2 Sterne)
It would be better to have a single person read the entire text. If the narrative character in the text is predominantly male, have a male reader. It’s rather distracting otherwise. It might be worthwhile for the readers to read the book prior to taping so that they know all of the words they’re expected to say and are familiar with the pronunciation. (“Auto-mon”, for “automaton”!). Perhaps offer a guide so that if you MUST have different readers, at least they all pronounce everything the same.