H. Rider Haggard
HENRY RIDER HAGGARD was born in Norfolk in 1856. His post of junior secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal, Sir Henry Bulwer meant that he travelled and he spent six years in South Africa. Haggard was bet by his brother that he could not write as good a novel as Stevenson's Treasure Island. The result of this bet was Haggard's 1885 book, King Solomon's Mines. It became a runaway bestseller so Haggard was able to leave London and concentrate on his writing. He published She in 1887. Haggard died in 1925.
She
Written by H. Rider Haggard
Illustrated by Charles H.M. Kerr and Maurice Greiffenhagen
Introduction by Margaret Atwood
