Wisdom's Daughter
1924 edition (US) publ, Grosset & Dunlap
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| Author | H. Rider Haggard |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ayesha Series |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday Page |
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1923 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 383 pp. |
| OCLC | 228068120 |
| 823/.8 | |
| Preceded by | She and Allan |
Wisdom's Daughter is the final book in the Ayesha series, written by Sir H. Rider Haggard, published in 1923, by Doubleday, Page and Company. Along with the other three novels in the series, Wisdom's Daughter was adapted into the 1935 film She.
At the end of She: A History of Adventure, the title character appeared to be killed; but promised to return.
In Ayesha, the second book, the two adventurers from the first novel, Leo and Holly, are inspired to look for She in Thibet.
They discover people who have lived in a hidden mountain since the time of Alexander the Great. They find Ayesha leading the cult of Hes, though they do not recognise her at first. After which, they plan to return to The Flame of Life, in Kor, Africa; but first they have to wait for the paths to clear in the spring.
Talking to Leo and Holly reminds Ayesha of the past; including the time she met Allan Quatermain, recounted in She and Allan, the third book in the series.
While they are waiting, She takes the time to write out her memories and plans to rule the world, through her alchemy, and return the Ancient Egyptian cult of Isis to prominence and power.
The narrative breaks off abruptly, and returns to the conclusion of the story in Ayesha.
"TO THE learned man, ugly of form and face but sound at heart, Holly by name, a citizen of a northern land whom at times I think that once I knew as Noot the Holy, that philosopher who was my master in a past which seems far to him and is forgot, but to me is but as yesterday, to this Holly, I say, I, who on earth am named Ayesha, daughter of Yarab the Arab chief, but who have many other titles here and elsewhere, have told certain stories of my past days and the part I played in them."
As in the other books in the series, there is a frame story, which links the fantasy elements to their publication in the real world.
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