H Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard, very much a product of the British Empire system, was a terrific writer of adventure fiction. From the 1880s he pioneered a category of lost world fiction that was continued by H. G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs. With King Solomon's Mines, The Ghost Kings and the Allan Quatermain novels he created a fascinating world of hidden magic, ancient curses and the terror of the unknown.
H. Rider Haggard, very much a product of the British Empire system, was a terrific writer of adventure fiction. From the 1880s he pioneered a category of lost world fiction that was continued by H. G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs. With King Solomon's Mines, The Ghost Kings and the Allan Quatermain novels he created a fascinating world of hidden magic, ancient curses and the terror of the unknown. See less
H Rider Haggard's Featured Books
H Rider Haggard book reviews
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Allan Quatermain
A Good Sequel to King Solomon's Mines
Written in 1887, Allan Quatermain is the sequel to the adventure novel King Solomon's Mines. In the sequel the major characters (Allan Quatermain, Sir Henry Curtis, and Captain Good) of the previous ... Read More
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King Solomon's Mines
The Quintessential Adventure Story
Written in 1885, King Solomon's Mines is an exciting and suspenseful adventure story set in southern Africa in the late nineteenth century. The story is related to us by hunter and trader Allan ... Read More
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The People of the Mist
A cracking tale.
by peter j, Feb 10, 2011
Like most books written by Rider Haggard he tells a most imaginative story, at times with over verbosity perhaps in keeping with the times when the books were written .He gives a fascinating insight ... Read More
