Author: | H. Rider Haggard | ISBN: | 9783958646223 |
Publisher: | Otbebookpublishing | Publication: | September 23, 2016 |
Imprint: | Otbebookpublishing | Language: | English |
Author: | H. Rider Haggard |
ISBN: | 9783958646223 |
Publisher: | Otbebookpublishing |
Publication: | September 23, 2016 |
Imprint: | Otbebookpublishing |
Language: | English |
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 in agricultural reform and improvement in the British Empire. “Maiwa's Revenge, or The War of the Little Hand” is a short novel by H. Rider Haggard about the hunter Allan Quartermain. The story involves Quartermain going on a hunting expedition, then taking part in an attack on a native kraal to rescue a captured English hunter, and avenge Maiwa, an African princess whose baby has been killed. (Excerpt from 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 in agricultural reform and improvement in the British Empire. “Maiwa's Revenge, or The War of the Little Hand” is a short novel by H. Rider Haggard about the hunter Allan Quartermain. The story involves Quartermain going on a hunting expedition, then taking part in an attack on a native kraal to rescue a captured English hunter, and avenge Maiwa, an African princess whose baby has been killed. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)