Sir Henry Rider Haggard is best known for his African adventure novels, notably King Solomon's Mines and She. Born in England, his parents ended his education at age 17 (because he was a daydreamer) and placed him in the service of the Natal, South African lieutenant-governor. He returned to England in 1881 and became a barrister although writing was his main passion. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919.
Genres: Thriller, Fantasy
Series
Allan Quatermain
1. King Solomon's Mines (1885)
2. Allan Quatermain (1887)
3. Allan's Wife (1887)
4. Maiwa's Revenge (1888)
5. Marie (1912)
6. Child of Storm (1913)
7. The Holy Flower (1915)
8. Finished (1917)
9. The Ivory Child (1916)
10. The Ancient Allan (1920)
11. She and Allan (1920)
12. Heu-heu (1924)
13. The Treasure of the Lake (1926)
14. Allan and the Ice-gods (1927)
Allan's wife, with Hunter Quatermain's story (1951)
Tales of Allan Quatermain (2003)
Hunter Quatermain's Story (2003)
1. King Solomon's Mines (1885)
2. Allan Quatermain (1887)
3. Allan's Wife (1887)
4. Maiwa's Revenge (1888)
5. Marie (1912)
6. Child of Storm (1913)
7. The Holy Flower (1915)
8. Finished (1917)
9. The Ivory Child (1916)
10. The Ancient Allan (1920)
11. She and Allan (1920)
12. Heu-heu (1924)
13. The Treasure of the Lake (1926)
14. Allan and the Ice-gods (1927)
Allan's wife, with Hunter Quatermain's story (1951)
Tales of Allan Quatermain (2003)
Hunter Quatermain's Story (2003)
Novels
Dawn (1884)
The Witch's Head (1884)
Jess (1887)
A Tale of Three Lions (1887)
Colonel Quaritch, V.C (1888)
Mr. Meeson's Will (1888)
Cleopatra (1889)
Beatrice (1890)
The World's Desire (1890) (with Andrew Lang)
The Saga of Eric Brighteyes (1891)
aka Eric Brighteyes
Nada the Lily (1892)
Montezuma's Daughter (1893)
The People of the Mist (1894)
Church and State (1895)
Heart of the World (1895)
Joan Haste (1895)
The Wizard (1896)
Doctor Therne (1898)
Swallow (1898)
The Last Boer War (1899)
The Spring of Lion (1899)
Black Heart and White Heart (1900)
Elissa (1900)
The New South Africa (1900)
Lysbeth (1901)
The Pearl Maiden (1903)
Stella Fregelius (1903)
The Brethren (1904)
Report of Salvation Army Colonies (1905)
Benita (1906)
aka The Spirit of Bambatse
The Way of the Spirit (1906)
Fair Margaret (1907)
The Ghost Kings (1908)
The Yellow God (1908)
The Lady of Blossholme (1909)
Morning Star (1910)
Queen Sheeba's Ring (1910)
The Mahatma and the Hare (1911)
Red Eve (1911)
A Call to Arms (1914)
The Wanderer's Necklace (1914)
Love Eternal (1918)
Moon of Israel (1918)
When the World Shook (1919)
The Missionary and the Witch-doctor (1920)
Smith and the Pharaohs (1920)
The Virgin of the Sun (1922)
Queen of the Dawn (1925)
Mary of Marion Isle (1929)
Belshazzar (1930)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1999)
The Witch's Head (1884)
Jess (1887)
A Tale of Three Lions (1887)
Colonel Quaritch, V.C (1888)
Mr. Meeson's Will (1888)
Cleopatra (1889)
Beatrice (1890)
The World's Desire (1890) (with Andrew Lang)
The Saga of Eric Brighteyes (1891)
aka Eric Brighteyes
Nada the Lily (1892)
Montezuma's Daughter (1893)
The People of the Mist (1894)
Church and State (1895)
Heart of the World (1895)
Joan Haste (1895)
The Wizard (1896)
Doctor Therne (1898)
Swallow (1898)
The Last Boer War (1899)
The Spring of Lion (1899)
Black Heart and White Heart (1900)
Elissa (1900)
The New South Africa (1900)
Lysbeth (1901)
The Pearl Maiden (1903)
Stella Fregelius (1903)
The Brethren (1904)
Report of Salvation Army Colonies (1905)
Benita (1906)
aka The Spirit of Bambatse
The Way of the Spirit (1906)
Fair Margaret (1907)
The Ghost Kings (1908)
The Yellow God (1908)
The Lady of Blossholme (1909)
Morning Star (1910)
Queen Sheeba's Ring (1910)
The Mahatma and the Hare (1911)
Red Eve (1911)
A Call to Arms (1914)
The Wanderer's Necklace (1914)
Love Eternal (1918)
Moon of Israel (1918)
When the World Shook (1919)
The Missionary and the Witch-doctor (1920)
Smith and the Pharaohs (1920)
The Virgin of the Sun (1922)
Queen of the Dawn (1925)
Mary of Marion Isle (1929)
Belshazzar (1930)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1999)
Omnibus
My Fellow Labourer / The Wreck of the Copeland (1888)
The Classic Adventures (1986)
Elissa or the Doom of Zimbabwe / Eric Brighteyes, a Tale of Iceland (2001)
Morning Star / Moon of Israel (2001)
Allan's Wife / Marie (2001)
Child of Storm / A Tale of Three Lions (2001)
The Classic Adventure Stories Collection (2021) (with Edith Nesbit and Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Classic Adventures (1986)
Elissa or the Doom of Zimbabwe / Eric Brighteyes, a Tale of Iceland (2001)
Morning Star / Moon of Israel (2001)
Allan's Wife / Marie (2001)
Child of Storm / A Tale of Three Lions (2001)
The Classic Adventure Stories Collection (2021) (with Edith Nesbit and Robert Louis Stevenson)
Collections
The Works of H. Rider Haggard (1928)
Selected Works (1979)
The Best Short Stories of Rider Haggard (1981)
Selected Works (1979)
The Best Short Stories of Rider Haggard (1981)
Chapbooks
Non fiction
Cetywayo and His White Neighbours (1882)
A Farmer's Year (1899)
A Winter Pilgrimage (1901)
Rural England (1902)
A Gardener's Year (1905)
Regeneration (1910)
Rural Denmark (1911)
Diary of an African Journey (1914)
After the War Settlement and Employment of Ex-service Men (1916)
The Days of My Life (1926)
The Private Diaries of Sir H. Rider Haggard (1980)
A Farmer's Year (1899)
A Winter Pilgrimage (1901)
Rural England (1902)
A Gardener's Year (1905)
Regeneration (1910)
Rural Denmark (1911)
Diary of an African Journey (1914)
After the War Settlement and Employment of Ex-service Men (1916)
The Days of My Life (1926)
The Private Diaries of Sir H. Rider Haggard (1980)
Anthologies containing stories by H Rider Haggard
Fifty Enthralling Stories of the Mysterious East
Realms of Wizardry (1976)
Into the Mummy's Tomb (1989)
Realms of Wizardry (1976)
Into the Mummy's Tomb (1989)
Short stories
The Kiss of Fate | |||
The Descent Beneath Kor (1887) |
Books about H Rider Haggard
Rider Haggard: His Life and Works (1960) by Morton Norton Cohen
Rudyard Kipling to Rider Haggard (1965) by Morton Norton Cohen
The Cloak That I Left (1976) by Lilias Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard (1978) by Peter Berresford Ellis
Rider Haggard, the great storyteller (1981) by D S Higgins
Rider Haggard: A Biography (1983) by D S Higgins
King Romance (1984) by Hartwig A Vogelsberger
H. Rider Haggard: A bibliography (1987) by D E Whatmore
Rider Haggard and the Fiction of Empire (1988) by Wendy Roberta Katz
The Critical Reception of Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1991) by Lloyd Siemens
Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire (1993) by Tom Pocock
Children of the Empire (1996) by Victoria Manthorpe
Rider Haggard and Egypt (1998) by Shirley M Addy
Rudyard Kipling and Sir Henry Rider Haggard on Screen, Stage, Radio and Television (1999) by Philip Leibfried
Imagining Africa (2001) by Lindy Stiebel
Rudyard Kipling to Rider Haggard (1965) by Morton Norton Cohen
The Cloak That I Left (1976) by Lilias Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard (1978) by Peter Berresford Ellis
Rider Haggard, the great storyteller (1981) by D S Higgins
Rider Haggard: A Biography (1983) by D S Higgins
King Romance (1984) by Hartwig A Vogelsberger
H. Rider Haggard: A bibliography (1987) by D E Whatmore
Rider Haggard and the Fiction of Empire (1988) by Wendy Roberta Katz
The Critical Reception of Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1991) by Lloyd Siemens
Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire (1993) by Tom Pocock
Children of the Empire (1996) by Victoria Manthorpe
Rider Haggard and Egypt (1998) by Shirley M Addy
Rudyard Kipling and Sir Henry Rider Haggard on Screen, Stage, Radio and Television (1999) by Philip Leibfried
Imagining Africa (2001) by Lindy Stiebel
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