She

She, by h. rider haggard, is the story of cambridge professor horace holly and his ward leo vincey, and their journey to a lost kingdom in the african interior. the journey is triggered by a mysterious package left to leo by his father, to be opened on his 25th birthday; the package contains an ancient shard of pottery and several documents, suggesting an ancient mystery about the vincey family. holly and leo eventually arrive in eastern africa where they encounter a primitive race of natives and a mysterious white queen, ayesha, who reigns as the all-powerful ""she"" or ""she-who-must-be-obeyed"" and who has a mysterious connection to young leo. one of the best-selling books of all time!