The Rider Haggard Library

In which the humble Thomas Wingfield finds himself unexpectedly exalted as a god incarnate, receiving honours and obeisance from Montezuma’s court whilst grappling with a foreboding destiny whispered ...

9 Mar 27min

In which the narrator, grievously wounded yet spirited, journeys through a harsh and varied land to the mighty city of Tenoctitlan, beholding its wondrous temples, gardens, and bustling waterside life...

9 Mar 28min

In which the newly deified narrator grapples with the harsh demands of godhood amid omens and rising fears that darken the Aztec empire, as Montezuma confronts portents, counsel, and spectral warnings...

9 Mar 27min

In which the narrator, grievously tormented by insects and near despair, is rescued by a strange party of river fishermen who nourish and shelter him, leading him to a mysterious city where custom and...

8 Mar 26min

In which the captive Englishman endures the horrors of a slave ship ravaged by plague, witnessing death and cruelty aboard before making a desperate, harrowing escape into the sea. Upon clinging to a ...

8 Mar 31min

In which our English narrator, having been taken captive by the Tobascans and spared from sacrifice, dwells in their land learning their languages and customs, and is eventually brought before the nob...

8 Mar 23min

In which the young protagonist inherits a modest fortune from his dying master, Andres de Fonseca, and encounters a distraught abbess who implores his assistance in a grim act of mercy involving a con...

7 Mar 28min

In which the narrator, disguised and resolute, embarks on a perilous voyage aboard a Spanish carak bound for Hispaniola, only to suffer a dreadful shipwreck that leaves him adrift with a handful of su...

7 Mar 22min