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Haggard, H. Rider
Nationality: British
Lifespan: June 22, 1856 – May 14, 1925
While his novels contain many of the attitudes common to British colonialism, they are unusual for the degree of sympathy with which he often treats the native populations. Africans often serve heroic roles in his novels, though the protagonists are typically, though not invariably, European. A notable example is Ignosi, the rightful king of Kukuanaland in King Solomon's Mines. Having developed an intense mutual friendship with the three Englishmen who help him reclaim his throne, he accepts their advice and abolishes witch hunts and arbitrary capital punishment.
Haggard is most famous as the author of the best-selling novel King Solomon's Mines, as well as many others such as She, Ayesha (sequel to She), Allan Quatermain (sequel to King Solomon's Mines), and the epic Viking romance, Eric Brighteyes.
Though Haggard is no longer as popular as he was when his works appeared, his books are still read with enjoyment today. Moreover, Ayesha, the female protagonist of She, has been cited as a prototype by both Sigmund Freud in The Interpretation of Dreams and by Carl Jung. Allan Quatermain, the hero of King Solomon's Mines and its sequel Allan Quatermain have influenced the American film character Indiana Jones, featured in the films Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Haggard's Lost World genre influenced the popular American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. Quatermain has gained popularity thanks to being a main character in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Haggard also wrote about agricultural and social issues reform, in part inspired by his experiences in Africa, but also based on what he saw in Europe.
Compiled/Authored By: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rider_Haggard
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rider_Haggard
Noted Works: * Cetywayo and his White Neighbours; Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal (1882), .
* Dawn (1884), .
* The Witch's Head (1884)
* King Solomon's Mines (1885), .;
* She (1887), .;
* Jess (1887), .
* Allan Quatermain (1887), .;
* A Tale of Three Lions (1887), .
* Mr. Meeson's Will (1888), .
* Maiwa's Revenge (1888), .
* My Fellow Laborer and the Wreck of the Copeland (1888)
* Colonel Quaritch, V.C. (1888), .
* Cleopatra (1889), .;
* Allan's Wife (1889), .
* Beatrice (1890), .
* The World's Desire (1890), ., (co-written with Andrew Lang) ;
* Eric Brighteyes (1891), .
* Nada the Lilly (1892), .
* Montezuma's Daughter (1893), .
* The People of the Mist (1894), .;
* Joan Haste (1895)
* Heart of the World (1895)
* Church and State (1895)
* The Wizard (1896), .
* Doctor Therne (1898), .
* Swallow (1898), .
* A Farmer's Year (1899)
* The Last Boer War (1899)
* The Spring of Lion (1899)
* Montezuma's Daughter (1899)
* Elissa; the doom of Zimbabwe (1899), .
* Black Heart and White Heart; a Zulu idyll (1900), .
* The New South Africa (1900)
* A Winter Pilgrimage (1901)
* Lysbeth (1901), .
* Rural England (1902)
* Pearl Maiden (1903), .
* Stella Fregelius (1904), .
* Brethren (1904), .
* The Poor and the Land (1905)
* Ayesha, the Return of She (1905), .
* A Gardener's Year (1905)
* Report of Salvation Army Colonies (1905)
* The Way of the Spirit (1906)
* Benita (1906), .
* Fair Margaret (1907), .
* The Ghost Kings (1908), .
* The Yellow God (1908), .
* The Lady of Blossholme (1909), .
* Queen Sheba's Ring (1910), .
* Regeneration: An account of the social work of the Salvation Army (1910), .
* Morning Star(1910), .
* Red Eve (1911), .
* The Mahatma and the Hare (1911), .
* Rural Denmark (1911)
* Marie (1912), .
* Child of Storm (1913), .
* The Wanderer's Necklace (1914), .
* A call to Arms (1914)
* Allan and The Holy Flower (1915), .
* After the War Settlement and Employment of Ex-Service Men (1916)
* The Ivory Child (1916), .
* Finished (1917), .
* Love Eternal (1918), .
* Moon of Israel (1918), .
* When the World Shook (1919), .
* The Ancient Allan (1920), .
* Smith and the Pharaohs (1920), .
* She and Allan (1921), .
* The Virgin of the Sun (1922), .
* Wisdom's Daughter (1923)
* Heu-Heu (1924)
* Queen of the Dawn (1925)
* The Days of my Life: An autobiography of Sir H. Rider Haggard (1926)
* Treasure of the Lake (1926)
* Allan and the Ice Gods (1927)
* Mary of Marion Isle (1929)
* Belshazzar (1930)
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