This is a diary of Sir Henry Rider Haggard's tour of South Africa in 1914. It captures his feelings and perceptions on the change of Southern Africa, and of himself, since his departure in 1881.
This is a diary of Sir Henry Rider Haggard's tour of South Africa in 1914. It captures his feelings and perceptions on the change of Southern Africa, ...
Wingfield barely survives the Spanish Inquisition, shipwreck, and slavery. He then marries the beautiful Montezuma's Daughter. But tragedy and vengeance skulk in the wings of whirling pages You will never forget MONTEZUMA'S DAUGHTER * * * I, Thomas Wingfield, of the Lodge and the parish of Ditchingham in the county of Norfolk, being now of a great age and having only a short time to live, turn to pen and ink. Ten years ago, namely, in the year 1578, it pleased her Majesty, our gracious Queen Elizabeth, who at that date visited this county, that I should be brought before her at Norwich....
Wingfield barely survives the Spanish Inquisition, shipwreck, and slavery. He then marries the beautiful Montezuma's Daughter. But tragedy and veng...
The story of Miriam (the "Pearl Maiden"), an orphan who grows up in a colony of the Essenes. They educate her and teach her a trade, but because of the rules of their order, they must send her out into the world. She goes to live with her grandfather, a powerful Jewish merchant who hates Roman rule and helps defend Jerusalem from Titus's forces. Miriam, who has kept her Christian faith, finds herself falling in love with a Roman officer. But things get even more complicated when she learns of the love of a young Jewish boy with whom she has been raised. A tale of romance and adventure from...
The story of Miriam (the "Pearl Maiden"), an orphan who grows up in a colony of the Essenes. They educate her and teach her a trade, but because of th...
"A tale that deals with the marvellous Incas of Peru; with the legend also that, long before the Spanish Conquerors entered on their mission of robbery and ruin, there in that undiscovered land lived and died a White God risen from the sea."
"A tale that deals with the marvellous Incas of Peru; with the legend also that, long before the Spanish Conquerors entered on their mission of robber...
A magic mask, strange objects, a lost race, reincarnation, and an immortal woman who has preserved her dead husbands as mummies--all play a part in this supernatural thriller.
A magic mask, strange objects, a lost race, reincarnation, and an immortal woman who has preserved her dead husbands as mummies--all play a part in th...
H. Rider Haggard, best known as the author of King Solomon's Mines, She, and Allan Quatermain, also wrote three full-length plays. The play Mameena, based on Haggard's novel Child of Storm, is set in Zululand during the 1850s and deals with the struggle for the succession to the Zulu throne. Mameena was staged in 1914 by actor-manager Oscar Asche, who employed the Zulu expert James Stuart as technical adviser on the production. Star of Egypt was adapted from Haggard's ancient Egyptian romance Morning Star, while the historical melodrama To Hell or Connaught, set against the backdrop of the...
H. Rider Haggard, best known as the author of King Solomon's Mines, She, and Allan Quatermain, also wrote three full-length plays. The play Mameena, b...
Eve Clattering--known as Red Eve because of her love of red dresses--is betrothed to Sir Edmund Acour. But then she hears rumors that he is a traitor to the Crown, and she suspects that he may be planning to seize the throne of England. Hugh de Cressi, Eve's true love, must rise above his station, save the king, and win Red Eve for his own.
Eve Clattering--known as Red Eve because of her love of red dresses--is betrothed to Sir Edmund Acour. But then she hears rumors that he is a traitor ...
