She - H. Rider Haggard

A cracking adventure yarn from the days of high Victorian imperialism, involving swamp-dwelling cannibals, hidden temples and the original "She Who Must Be Obeyed". There is much unintentional comedy from the implicit assumption of authority on the part of both the narrator and the author. I was particularly tickled by the narrator's habit of marvelling at the glory of the African fauna before unpacking his rifle and shooting it.