Author:H. Rider Haggard
On his twenty-fifth birthday, Leo Vincey opens the silver casket that his father has left to him. It contains a letter recounting the legend of a white sorceress who rules an African tribe and of his father’s quest to find this remote race. To find out for himself if the story is true, Leo and his companions set sail for Zanzibar. There, he is brought face to face with Ayesha, She-who-must-be-obeyed: dictator, femme fatale, tyrant and beauty. She has been waiting for centuries for the true descendant of Kallikrates, her murdered lover, to arrive, and arrive he does – in an unexpected form. Blending breathtaking adventure with a brooding sense of mystery and menace, She is a story of romance, exploration discovery and heroism that has lost none of its power to enthrall.
An impressive tale of love and death in wartime...much contemporary fiction seems inconsequential and fleeting by comparison
—— GuardianEdric handles the many characters and threads of this complex novel with skill...[his] consistent brilliance is astounding
—— Literary ReviewHis descriptions are masterful
—— Scottish Sunday HeraldA novel of a particular time and place, but one that poses timeless questions...Very satisfying...He is at his best here
—— The ScotsmanCompelling...Edric has a flawless sense of pace, and an intuitive grasp of character
—— Sunday TimesThis compelling, unsettling work brilliantly conveys the ambiguities of operating in this defeated, difficult country
—— Good Book GuideThis novel should carry a warning: its appeal will be greatest for fans either of Wagner and European history, or of politics and philosophy
—— Sunday TimesWhat Nazism owed to the British Empire fascinates Wilson, and his invention of Hitler's Americanised offspring invites us to relive the macabre history while acknowledging our own uncomfortable complicity in it... Bravely ambitious
—— IndependentWinnie and Wolf is a novel rich in philosophical reference - Nietzsche, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, thorny as you like - and ruminative pleasures
—— Evening StandardWilson's achievement is startling... Most contemporary English fiction looks rather etiolated and pointless by comparison
—— Hywel Williams , GuardianIt would be hard to name a more ambitious recent work of fiction... Wilson brilliantly evokes Wagner's music
—— Financial TimesWilson has done his research impeccably and he writes superbly well
—— Literary ReviewI constantly find myself drooling with admiration at the sublime way Wodehouse plays with the English language
—— Simon BrettQuite simply, the master of comic writing at work
—— Jane MooreTo pick up a Wodehouse novel is to find oneself in the presence of genius - no writer has ever given me so much pure enjoyment
—— John Julius NorwichCompulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt - or a sense of humour!
—— Lindsey DavisThe Wodehouse wit should be registered at Police HQ as a chemical weapon
—— Kathy LetteWitty and effortlessly fluid. His books are laugh-out-loud funny
—— Arabella WeirThe funniest writer ever to put words to paper
—— Hugh LaurieThe greatest comic writer ever
—— Douglas AdamsP.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century
—— Sebastian FaulksSublime comic genius
—— Ben Elton
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