He is the author of the Allan Quatermain series, which begins with the first novel King Solomon’s Mines, which was published in 1885. Rider in British Columbia is named after him. he was officially made to be a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He also ran as a candidate for Parliament in 1895, a bid that proved to be unsuccessful. Throughout the years, writing remained the thing that he enjoyed doing most. Sir Henry Rider Haggard came back to England in 1881 and it was then that he decided to become a barrister. He became involved in agricultural reform in the British Empire as well. As a result, he was placed in service of a South African lieutenant and governor. A daydreamer, his parents decided to end his education at the young age of seventeen due to his distracted and imaginative nature. He is most well known for his books of African adventure. He was born in 1856 in England and died in 1925. His stories were popular at the time and his best-known novel is King Solomon’s Mines, which deals with the adventures of the main character Allan Quatermain. He is credited as the creator of the literary genre of the “lost world”. an English author of fiction novels that focused mainly on adventures in exotic geographical regions. Rider Haggard is the pen name of Sir Henry Rider Haggard. Saga of Eric Brighteyes / Eric BrighteyesĪllan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
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