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Due to a mixup at auction, Somers ends up paying a huge sum for a particularly rare flower. His Father agrees to cover the cost of the flower but also disinherits his son. Stephen resolves to sell the flower and use it to finance an expedition to Africa to recover a live specimen of the huge orchid
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Brother John, who has been wandering in Africa for years, confides to Allan a huge and rare orchid, the largest ever found. Allan arrives to England with the flower and there he meets Mr. Stephen Somers.
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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.
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They meet Arabian slave traders, warrior tribes, cannibals, and a giant gorilla.
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H. Rider Haggard
Allan Quatermain Series
Ward Lock & Co
Longmans, Green
Heu-heu: or, The Monster
H. Rider Haggard
Allan Quatermain
The Windsor Magazine
Maurice Greiffenhagen
New Story Magazine
Henry Rider Haggard
Ward Lock & Co
Allan Quatermain
Adventure
H. Rider Haggard - The Holy Flower
Allan and the Holy Flower
Project Gutenberg
Dagny's Reviews > Allan and the Holy Flower
Allan and the Holy Flower
LibriVox
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Works
H. Rider Haggard
Dawn
The Witch's Head
King Solomon's Mines
She

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