Sir H Rider Haggard

The Virgin of the Sun Sir H Rider Haggard

An eccentric collector, pottering around a houseful of antiques of dubious quality, spots an old chest and when he asks after it he's told it's not for sale...until, suddenly, it is. Buried in that wreck of a chest are the last relics of Hubert of Hastings, including his autobiography detailing the many adventures he had in this strange and mysterious land. He reads that Hubert ended up in America, the West coast of South America to be more precise. Hubert has many adventures and ends up conquering Peru and that's hardly the half of the tale and the race to find the truth about "Hubert of Hastings" is on.