Marie

by H. Rider Haggard

Book 5 in the Allan Quatermain series.

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Young Allan Quatermain loves Marie Marais, but their relationship is obstructed by family prejudice, a rival suitor and the dangers faced by Boer communities moving into the interior. The story carries Allan through the Great Trek and into direct contact with Dingane’s court and the violence surrounding Piet Retief’s mission.

As the fifth Allan Quatermain novel in this publication sequence and the opening volume of the Zulu sub-trilogy, Marie establishes the emotional loss that shapes Allan’s later life. Fictional romance is interwoven with the Retief massacre, Voortrekker mobilisation and the struggle that culminates at Blood River.