Author | H. Rider Haggard |
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Original title | The Holy Flower |
Language | English |
Series | Allan Quatermain Series |
Genre | Adventure |
Publisher | Ward Lock & Co (UK) Longmans, Green (US) |
Publication date | 1915 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Preceded by | "Long Odds" |
Followed by | Heu-heu: or, The Monster |
The Holy Flower (known as Allan and the Holy Flower in America) is a 1915 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. It was serialised in The Windsor Magazine from issue 228 (December 1913) to 239 (November 1914), illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen,[1] and in New Story Magazine from December 1913 through June 1914. The plot involves Quatermain going on a trek into Africa to find a mysterious flower. It is the seventh Quatermain novel, and the eleventh Quatermain story overall.