The Mammoth Hunters
Dec 2010 · Hachette UK
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The third novel in the Earth's Children series, Jean M. Auel's internationally bestselling epic of life 25,000 years ago when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth.
Leaving the valley of horses with Jondalar, the handsome man she has nursed back to health and come to love, Ayla embarks on a journey that will lead her to the Mamutoi, the Mammoth Hunters, who are Others like her.
As she settles into this new life among a people at first strange and disturbingly different, soon Ayla begins to feel at home, finally leaving her painful memories of the Clan behind and finding female friends. Yet Ayla is also drawn to Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master-carver of ivory.
Ayla must choose: remain with Ranec and the Mamutoi, or follow Jondalar into the unknown . . .
Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual.
Praise for Jean M. Auel
'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times
'A major bestseller . . . A remarkable work of imagination' Daily Express
Leaving the valley of horses with Jondalar, the handsome man she has nursed back to health and come to love, Ayla embarks on a journey that will lead her to the Mamutoi, the Mammoth Hunters, who are Others like her.
As she settles into this new life among a people at first strange and disturbingly different, soon Ayla begins to feel at home, finally leaving her painful memories of the Clan behind and finding female friends. Yet Ayla is also drawn to Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master-carver of ivory.
Ayla must choose: remain with Ranec and the Mamutoi, or follow Jondalar into the unknown . . .
Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual.
Praise for Jean M. Auel
'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times
'A major bestseller . . . A remarkable work of imagination' Daily Express
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4.9
50 reviews
Joe Arkle
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16 March 2018
I think this and the other books in the series are brilliant and well worth reading, they really do open the minds eye to the hardships, dangers and other aspects of what life may have been like in the ice age on the continental steppes more than 10,000 years ago. Absolutely awesome.
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Ruth Mckay
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8 May 2017
After Clan of the Cave Bear, this book, The Mammoth Hunters, is the best of the whole series; Auel is right back on form. An excellent continuation of the story of Ayla.
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Jane Craig
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14 November 2014
Brilliantly written! A book I could not put down! Thank you.
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About the author
Jean M. Auel is one of the world's most esteemed and beloved authors. Her extensive factual research has earned her the respect of renowned scientists, archaeologists and anthropologists around the globe, culminating in her being made an Officer of the Order of Arts & Letters by the French Minister of Culture and Communication in 2008.
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