1914 The Wanderer's Necklace

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and three black-and-white plates. Collated complete. Set in the eighth century AD, a Norseman flees his homeland after challenging the god Odin's right to a human sacrifice. He travels to Constantinople to protect the Empress Irene from her son Constantine VL and other enemies of the Eastern Roman Empire. Written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. Illustrated by Arthur Cadwgan Michael, a British painter and illustrator.