The Sign of the Spider is a classic British adventure novel first published in1896. Bertram Mitford takes the genre of imperialistic adventure stories andturns ... » 

The Sign of the Spider is a classic British adventure novel first published in1896. Bertram Mitford takes the genre of imperialistic adventure stories andturns it on its head creating an antihero as protagonist and weavingthroughout the story a deliberate look at racial attitudes and culturaldifferences within colonialperiod Africa. Mitford doesnt shrink from showinghumanity at its worst but manages to spin a tale that is compelling in plotand characters. This novel is also a classic in cryptozoological fiction. Thearachnidbeast that provides the climax struggle is arguably one of the mostfascinating creatures to appear in an adventure novel. «