Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider)
"Pyhä kukka: Allan Quatermainin jännittävä seikkailu Afrikassa" by H. Rider Haggard is a novel published in 1915. Allan Quatermain returns from Africa with an extraordinarily rare orchid, the largest ever discovered. When a wealthy young man accidentally pays a fortune for a similar flower and loses his inheritance, he proposes a daring expedition to find a living specimen in the African wilderness. Their quest leads them through encounters with slave traders, warrior tribes, cannibals, and a giant gorilla in search of the mysterious holy flower. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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