Wisdom's Daughter
core novel 1923 The Ayesha Series
Record
| First published | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.74 (272 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781618950727 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Wisdom's Daughter serves as a prequel within the Ayesha series, narrated in Ayesha's own voice as she sets down the story of her life long before her first encounter with Leo Vincey's ancestor Kallikrates. It recounts her origins in ancient Egypt, her rise as a priestess of Isis, and the earlier chapters of the immortal existence that the previous novels had only sketched from the outside through Holly's narration. Framed as Ayesha's own written memories, composed during a period of winter isolation referenced in the earlier Return of She, the novel fills in the background of the rivalry, love and loss that drives her pursuit of Kallikrates' reincarnation across the rest of the series, giving the immortal queen who dominated the earlier books a voice and history of her own.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Ayesha Series
- Series: The Ayesha Series core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
Notes
- From the series record (The Ayesha Series): Four novels published 1887-1923, following the immortal sorceress Ayesha; internal chronology differs from publication order.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Ayesha Series: position 4 of 4: previous She and Allan (1921)
- Internal chronology, within The Ayesha Series: position 3 of 4: previous She and Allan (1921) · next Ayesha, the Return of She (1905)
Sources
← The Ayesha Series dossier · All universes
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