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The last Boer war. By: H. Rider Haggard ( Non-fiction )

The last Boer war. By: H. Rider Haggard ( Non-fiction )

Haggard, H. Rider

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Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 1533532451
ISBN13: 9781533532459
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 30 2016
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.26 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
H. Rider Haggard, 1856 - 1925) was an English writer, largely of adventure fiction, but also of non-fiction. The eighth child of a Norfolk barrister and squire, [1] through family connections he gained employment with Sir Henry Bulwer during the latter's service as lieutenant-governor of Natal, South Africa.[2] Rider Haggard travelled to southern Africa in 1875 and remained in the country for six years, during which time he served as Master of the High Court of the Transvaal and an adjutant of the Pretoria Horse. Rider Haggard's time in Africa proved inspirational for him, and while still in Natal he wrote two articles for The Gentleman's Magazine describing his experiences. He returned to Britain in 1881 and was called to the bar; while studying he wrote his first book, Cetywayo and His White Neighbours, a critical examination of Britain's policies in South Africa. Two years later he published his first work of fiction, Dawn. In 1885 he wrote one of his most popular novels, King Solomon's Mines-detailing the life of the adventurer Allan Quatermain-which was followed by She: A History of Adventure (1886), which introduced the female character Ayesha, both of which became series of books;[a] according to the author Morton N. Cohen, writing for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, much of Rider Haggard's reputation rests on these two works. Although he mostly concentrated his non-fiction and his novels, he also produced a number of short-stories, which have been released in three collection.

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