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Prester John

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Nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to work as a storekeeper. On the voyage he encounters again John Laputa, the celebrated Zulu minister, of whom he has strange memories.

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In his remote store David finds himself with the key to a massive uprising led by the minister, who has taken the title of the mythical priest-king, Prester John.

David's courage and his understanding of this man take him to the heart of the uprising, a secret cave in the Rooirand.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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