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The Virgin of the Sun

H. Rider Haggard (1922)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
Pages252 (Standard (250-400))
SettingHistorical
CSM age13
Goodreads3.88/5 (315)
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

ColonizationViolence

Positive tags

AdventureSurvivalQuest

Hero archetypes

Fish out of WaterShipwrecked/Castaway

Protagonist archetypes

Fish out of Water

Tropes

Fish out of WaterLost CivilizationQuestNon-Western Setting

Themes

SurvivalCultural ClashCivilization and BarbarismAdventureHistorical Romance

Synopsis

A vivid picture of a bygone civilization shown in the dramatic adventures of Hubert of Hastings, a subject of Richard II, whom adverse fortune shipwrecked on the shores of Peru.

Tags

Historical AdventureLost WorldColonial FictionSouth American Setting