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THE WANDERER'S NECKLACE Paperback – 1 Jan. 1978

by H.RIDER HAGGARD (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars 97 ratings
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    ZEBRA BOOKS
  3. Publication date
    1 Jan. 1978
  4. ISBN-10
    089083380X
  5. ISBN-13
    978-0890833803
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ZEBRA BOOKS
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 Jan. 1978
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 089083380X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0890833803
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 204 g
  • Customer reviews:
    3.9 out of 5 stars 97 ratings

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  • KLT
    5.0 out of 5 stars The wanderer's necklace
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2013
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    I enjoyed this book, but then I am a Rider Haggard fan - if only the modern writer's had more of his flare for words.
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  • Helen
    3.0 out of 5 stars Slightly historical fantasy novel
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2012
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    The 'Wanderer's Necklace' is a classic Haggard 'historical' novel, published in 1914 and reflecting the attitudes of its time. The novel follows the familiar 'Haggard' pattern of a modern figure 'remembering' events from a supposed past life. The central character is a gentle Norseman, Olaf, who is an excellent warrior but only wants a life of peace. He acquires the fateful necklace through robbing an ancient tomb, and then dreams of the beautiful woman to whom the necklace once belonged. Travelling far overseas to the great city of Byzantium, his military expertise wins him power and influence at the court of the Empress Irene and her son Constantine. Irene wants him to be her husband, but Olaf still seeks his dreamed-of bride. The jealous and scheming Irene is determined to punish him for loving another, and disaster and tragedy follow for all involved. This is a compelling read, but I wouldn't recommend this book except to diehard Haggard fans.
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  • Mark K Jackaman
    4.0 out of 5 stars More a romance than an adventure it's still good gripping stuff.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2020
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    Quite a good tale...the hero is driven by love to unknown lands, toils and hardships. Plenty of action and fighting coupled with frustrations and heartache. A tale of fiction with a believable plot. A good read.
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  • un lettore normodotato
    2.0 out of 5 stars caratteri microscopici
    Reviewed in Italy on 12 January 2024
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    I caratteri in cui è stampato sono microscopici, ma è anche l'unico modo di avere su carta questa curiosa trilogia. Avevo comperato i primi due libri in una vecchia edizione 100 pagine 1000 lire e mi mancava il terzo. Ora lo fotocopio ingrandito e lo leggo :)
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  • CommenersRamen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Jumping through hoops
    Reviewed in the United States on 29 April 2012
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    This was a wonderful diamond in the rough. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I read the other reviews before "purchasing" (using the term loosely seeing as it was free) the book. I couldn't put the book down.

    The book is written from Olaf's point of view in the moments of his life that he remembers...

    It begins with Olaf as a young man and goes through varying stages of his life and ends with his death. While it is not written in modern day English, it was very entertaining. The different relationships between Olaf and the other characters in the book such as the Augusta Lady Irene, Martina and Lady Heliodore are mesmorizing. Olaf is a man of character, a man who understands the meaning of the words duty and honor, and is wise even in his years as a young man. Even as crazy as the Augusta is she understands Olaf's worth.

    It was very easy to be drawn into each of the characters in the book and I was anxious to see how Olaf Red Sword/Michael would get out of each predicament he found himself in. The man truly had to have had God on his side working miracles to get him through the hoops he had to jump through.

    This was a great book well worth the read.
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  • K RANGA RAJYAM
    4.0 out of 5 stars Loyalty Vs prophecy
    Reviewed in India on 22 April 2016
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    A very nice account of a great warrior that struck to his beliefs and bowed to what was granted to him because of his deeds!
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  • Patsy Richard
    4.0 out of 5 stars Intrigue, romance, intertwined with ancient lifestyles
    Reviewed in the United States on 7 September 2013
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    I love ancient history. This story held the imagination in suspension, with an emotional roller coaster, waiting for true love to succeed. The power of the empress was a bit much, but was well integrated into the story. Would recommend it to anyone who likes the ancient stories.
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  • xxx
    3.0 out of 5 stars another haggard adventure
    Reviewed in the United States on 22 April 2011
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    This is a Haggard adventure outside his african world; the hero is a northman who by a disastrous failure of a planned wedding loses most of his tribe, family, friends, wife-to-be, and religion, and discovers that he is a kind of reincarnation of a long-ago leader, the Wanderer. The Wanderer had loved a woman in ancient egypt, but got separated from her; they divided a necklace as sign of recognition. The hero takes this necklace from the Wanderer's tomb and sets out to find the other half, and with it the reincarnation of his ancient love. After heroic adventures in Byzantium and Egypt they are reunited, and return to his home in the north.
    The story is full of heroic action, but to me it feels a bit flat, neither the exotic places of some of Haggards novels nor the historical connections of others, and with the byzantine empress causing so much problems by her jealousy and breaches of promises, one does feel imaptient, why doesn't he kill her and get the book over a hundred pages earlier?
    The book itself is a bit large, about letter-sized paper, and printed in a typewriter style, but the printing is clean and well-readable.
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