Swallow (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Tale of the Great Trek

by H. Rider Haggard

Overview

During the Dutch “Great Trek” to South Africa, an African-raised Dutch girl named Swallow encounters a shipwreck and falls in love with its stranded English passenger, Ralph. But Swart Piet—who is allied with the sorceress Sihamba—tries to keep Ralph away. Haggard’s 1898 novel is classic of romance and adventure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411456778
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	09/20/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	338 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was a British civil servant and novelist whose tales of mystery, romance, and rip-roaring adventure deeply influenced subsequent generations of writers.  Haggard is most famous as the author of the novel King Solomon’s Mines, which was the inspiration for the character Indiana Jones in the Raiders of the Lost Ark movies.