Henry Rider Haggard 
Child of Storm (Annotated) 

• This edition includes the following editor’s analysis: Civilization, colonialism and inner search; the pillars of Henry Rider Haggard’s literature.

First published in 1913, “Child of Storm” is a novel by Henry Rider Haggard featuring adventurer Allan Quatermain.



“Child of Storm” is set in 1854-56 and tells the story of Allan Quatermain hunting in Zululand and Mameena (
Child of Storm), a beautiful African girl who causes great turmoil in the Zulu kingdom. Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko win 100 cattle to buy Mameena’s love. The mysterious Mameena, however, has other ideas – she wants to marry Allan Quatermain.



“Child of Storm” is the second in a trilogy by Haggard involving the collapse of the Zulu kingdom and featuring the dwarf Zikali. The first book is “Marie, ” and the third, “Finished.”