Books like Pearl-Maiden by H. Rider Haggard

Candide: A Tale of Conviviality and Optimism in a Wretched World

Taggish the famed canine hero of Jack London’s classic adventure, The Call of the Wild, is uprooted from a comfortable home in California and forced into brutal sled work in the Yukon, where he must confront survival, the call of wilderness, and the pull of his wolf ancestry.

Journalist Ed Malone and his companions encounter Professor Challenger in the Amazon, uncovering a prehistoric world where dinosaurs still roam.

Mowgli, a human child raised by wolves, roams the Indian jungle, forming bonds with animal friends and facing challenges that test his courage and identity.

An English adventurer, Allan Quatermain, leads a perilous expedition through the African interior, uncovering hidden diamond mines and a lost kingdom in H. Rider Haggard’s classic adventure tale.

A young woman rebels against her mother and aunt, discovering a magical place where she can be who she truly wants to be.

Craig of the Mohicans, a frontier scout turns away from civilization, forming a bond with a Mohican warrior as they escort two sisters across the perilous wilderness of America's frontier.

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A fast-paced historical romance set in early America, featuring the legendary Natty Bumppo and a love story set against the backdrop of the French and Indian War.

A Chilean woman embarks on a quest to find her lover in 1840s California's goldfields, facing numerous challenges and adventures along the way.

The Deerslayer: A prequel to James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, focusing on the rapid civilizing of New York and the introduction of the hero, Natty Bumppo, to the frontiersmen of the time.

Natty Bumppo's first journey into frontier life and the challenges of defending his freedom against dangerous Indians and the corrupting influence of a ruthless new lawman, setting the stage for the larger story of The Last of the Mohicans.

A group of settlers encounters an old trapper on the prairie in 1805, as they push westward over the Great Plains for new land and opportunities in the United States of America, while the country is still being explored.

A historical adventure novel about a Chilean seamstress who flees to Peru and forms a passionate bond with a conquistador, leading to the creation of a new city and a clash between the Spanish and indigenous peoples of Chile.

An adventure tale set in pre‑colonial Africa, where a lost civilisation ruled by an eternally youthful queen is discovered.

A thrilling historical spy novel set during the American Revolution, inspired by accusations of venality and featuring a common man wrongly suspected as a spy for the British, who refuses to accept payment for information vital to the Patriot's cause.

A historical lightkeeper of Key West, Florida, witnesses the trials of fugitive slaves, grappling with duty and humanity in a sweeping tale of courage and hope.

An Englishman, guided by a mysterious vision, ventures into Asian mountains with a companion to find the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priestess, blending adventure, fantasy and themes of immortality.

Artemisia Gentileschi, apprenticed by her painter father Orazio, rises from scandal after being raped by a close associate to win a landmark courtroom battle, gaining acclaim among Rome’s elite.

A tale of the 1839-1846 Anti-rent War in New York, featuring the Littlepage Manuscripts and classic literature characters, including James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, focusing on themes of rebellion, political activism, and the clash between tradition and progress, through the eyes of the Littlepage family, who uncover a secret manuscript that reveals the true power behind the anti-rent movement, and how it was suppressed by those in control, offering a fresh perspective on the history of the era through the lens of a family torn between tradition and change, amidst the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, with James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson as characters who embody the conflict of tradition and progress, and the struggle between the past and the future, with the Littlepage family's journey reflecting the themes of rebellion, political activism, and the clash between tradition and progress, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, with James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson as characters who embody the conflict of tradition and progress, and the struggle between the past and the future, and the Littlepage family's journey reflecting the themes of rebellion, political activism, and the clash between tradition and progress, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, with James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson as characters who embody the conflict of tradition and progress, and the struggle between the past and the future.

A combination of two short stories, this novel features a botanist and his colorful crew as they explore a mysterious futuristic underworld in a remote South Pacific island.