She

Somewhere in Africa, a tiny, primitive tribe—the Amahaggers—live secretly among the ruins of a lost Egyptian civilization. They are ruled by the beautiful semi-goddess Ayesha, or “She-who-must-be-obeyed.”

Ludwig Horace Holly, a Cambridge academic, is reluctantly drawn into plans for a voyage in search of this legendary queen. With his adopted son Leo he sets out to follow a trail of clues on a brave journey. Shipwrecked and captured by cannibals, their voyage soon turns into a nightmare. 

This masterpiece of suspense and adventure by the author of King Solomon’s Mines contains some of the most sensual, gently erotic passages in nineteenth-century literature.