Wisdom's Daughter
H. Rider Haggard
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A strange manuscript in an unknown language is found among the effects of the late Professor Horace Holly. Its translator discovers that while in Central Asia, Holly convinced the immortal Ayesha, also known as She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, to write her story - and this is the book they have found. Ayesha, born the daughter of a sheikh in the 4th century BCE, has no interest in the arranged marriage expected of her. She wants power and position of her own. Led by a vision to believe she is the daughter of Isis, she studies esoteric wisdom under the tutelage of the mystic Noot, but her beauty and intelligence make her a constant target in a world where women are still considered little better than possessions. To survive, she must rely on her wits (and perhaps a little divine intervention) in a series of daring escapes and desperate schemes, finding allies where she can. But as she climbs higher in the service of her goddess, a fateful meeting with the warrior-turned-priest Kallikrates leads her down a road even she would never have imagined. The fourth and final book in the She series. - Summary by Jennie Hughes (0 hr 14 min)
Chapters
Introductory | 5:06 | Read by Jennie Hughes |
The Halls of Heaven | 18:05 | Read by Jennie Hughes |
Noot the Prophet Comes to Ozal | 22:03 | Read by Jennie Hughes |
The Battle and the Flight | 19:07 | Read by Jennie Hughes |
The Kiss of Fate | 21:36 | Read by Jennie Hughes |
The Summons | 21:10 | Read by Krista Zaleski |
The Divination | 34:00 | Read by Kassandra |
The Quelling of the Storm | 25:28 | Read by Rover N. |
The King of Sidon | 30:27 | Read by dc |
Dagon Takes His Sacrifice | 27:41 | Read by dc |
The Vengeance of Beltis | 44:35 | Read by Derek Trial |
The Escape from Sidon | 33:11 | Read by Derek Trial |
The Sea Battle | 35:43 | Read by Natalie Rule |
The Shame of Pharaoh | 42:36 | Read by Natalie Rule |
The Beguiling of Bagoas | 35:29 | Read by Natalie Rule |
The Plot and the Voice | 27:13 | Read by czandra |
The Feast of the King of Kings | 26:01 | Read by dc |
The Flight and the Summons | 32:37 | Read by Little Beetle |
The Tale of Philo | 25:35 | Read by czandra |
The Hermitage of Noot | 30:38 | Read by czandra |
The Coming of Kallikrates | 36:27 | Read by Natalie Rule |
The Truth and the Temptation | 30:26 | Read by Natalie Rule |
Beware! | 23:32 | Read by czandra |
The Doom of the Fire | 25:19 | Read by Kassandra |
The Counsel of Philo | 32:53 | Read by czandra |
In Undying Loneliness | 27:07 | Read by Ryan Williams |
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Belinda Searle
the story of the priestess. very well written and thank you to all the volunteers .