She
by H. Rider Haggard
Ayesha is the 2,000-year-old queen She-Who-Must-Obey who rules the legendary lost city deep in the labyrinth of African caves. It has the hidden wisdom of Isis, the eternal youth and beauty of Aphrodite, and the stormy appetite of lamia. Like A. Conan Doyle's The Lost World, it's one of the remarkable Victorian topics about an expedition to a remote region marred by magic, mystery, and death.
