← Back to search
Cover of Heart of the world

Heart of the world

H. Rider Haggard (1895)

Subgenre
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages326 (Standard (250-400))
SettingSecondary World
CSM age10
Buy on Amazon ↗Buy on Bookshop.org ↗Buy on Apple Books ↗

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

ColonizationDeath

Positive tags

AdventureQuestMysteryHopeful Ending

Hero archetypes

Explorer / Adventurer

Protagonist archetypes

Quest

Tropes

Lost CivilizationQuestAncient ArtifactHidden CityFish out of WaterNon-Western Setting

Themes

ExplorationDiscoveryLost WorldsCultural EncounterColonial Exploration

Synopsis

Heart of the World is an 1895 book by H Rider Haggard about a lost Mayan city in Mexico. Its importance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the tenth volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library in September, 1976.

Tags

Historical AdventureLost WorldPulp AdventureArchaeological Fantasy