H Rider Haggard: 382 books

"The Lady of Blossholme" was Henry Rider Haggard's 34th piece of fiction, out of an eventual 58 titles. It is a novel that he wrote (or, to be technically accurate, dictated) in the year 1907, although it would not see publication until the tail end of 1909, and is one of the author's more...

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. -wikipedia

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of the scale of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. He was also involved...

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of the scale of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. He was also involved...

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of the scale of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. He was also involved...

'Don't you see that we are buried alive?' When Allan Quatermain is approached by Sir Henry Curtis and his friend Captain Good to search for Sir Henry's missing brother, deep in the African interior, he agrees to lead their expedition. Quatermain has a map to the fabled King Solomon's Mines, whose...

Haggard lived for years among the British Empire’s colonial officials in South Africa. Also published as A History of the Transvaal, this 1899 work of nonfiction describes the inhabitants, their laws and customs, and the clash of powers. History as only Haggard could tell it.

Victorian romance/family saga with feuding cousins, True Love, and plenty of people/forces conspiring to keep the lovers apart, including one woman who in some ways might prefigure Haggard's She. This was Haggard's first novel. There's a soupçon of mysticism at the end.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Part of the Wildside Fantasy Classics series. The famous ruins in Zimbabwe suggested this story to Haggard, in which he makes this "lost city" the Biblical Ophir, said to have fallen because of...

King Solomon’s Mines was published in September 1885, becoming an immediate best seller by tapping into people’s excitement for the unknown: in this case, the unexplored regions of Africa. Haggard wrote the novel in a very short period, between six and sixteen months, on a bet with his...

In this 1885 courtroom drama Zulu magic comes to the British Fenlands, as the severed head of a sorcerer casts a spell from beyond the grave. The story sweeps from England to the South African setting Haggard knew well from his years with Britain’s colonial service.   

Published in 1918, Moon of Israel is the dramatic retelling—in a very down-to-earth narrative style—of the Biblical story of the Exodus from the viewpoint of a lowly scribe. It was one of the earliest Haggard books to be released as a film (1924).

During the Dutch “Great Trek” to South Africa, an African-raised Dutch girl named Swallow encounters a shipwreck and falls in love with its stranded English passenger, Ralph. But Swart Piet—who is allied with the sorceress Sihamba—tries to keep Ralph away. Haggard’s 1898 novel is classic of romance and adventure.

Allan Quatermain, hero of King Solomon’s Mines, returns in this 1913 adventure set in Zululand, a region Haggard knew from colonial service. Mameena is a local beauty whose hand is sought by a friend of Allan’s. But she now prefers Allan himself. Mameena’s subsequent treachery proves her beauty to be only skin deep, and gets her into much trouble.