Welp. There was my first H. Rider Haggard novel. Standard 19th cent. tropes abounded, of course. The noble savage, the savage savage, the fiery (but fainting) woman. Exoticism (orientalism), colonialism, it's all here. Oh, and adventure too, I suppose. Juanna was a frustrating character for me, sometimes bold & quick-thinking, sometimes frail & timorous. "I couldn't *bear* to see this danger! You must blindfold me!" Oh, please!

But it's H. Rider Haggard. What did I expect?