A novel by the popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard, published in 1905. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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Ayesha was the daughter of Yarab the Arab, a wealthy and prominent chieftain of Ozal, in Yaman.
Ayesha, known as Wisdom's Daughter lest her role in the destruction of an Egyptian army became known, was elected High Priestess as Isis-come-to-earth, or The Isis.
Ayesha was inclined to be merciful, but he revealed that he had made a pact with some power of the underworld, a deamon, and had sacrificed his son like a Moloch-worshippping Sidonian.
The novel's narrator, academic Horace Holly, presents his adopted son Leo Vincey with a legacy left by Leo's true father, which was to be presented when Leo reached the age of twenty-five.
Ayesha is the same woman who murdered Kallikrates and has waited two thousand years for him to return to her.And when she sees Leo, an exact double for Kallikrates, she knows he has come back.
Ayesha rambles around ancient Arabia, Egypt (where whe becomes a priestess of Isis), and Sidon (where she single-handedly topples an empire); and she always expects to be worshipped and adored.
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