The buried man : a life of H. Rider Haggard / Stephen Coan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coan, Stephen, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925.

Haggard, H. Rider.

Novelists, English--19th century--Biography.

Novelists, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (698 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Hurst & Company, 2025.

Summary:

H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925), author of 'King Solomon's Mines', 'Allan Quatermain' and 'She', was no stranger to the continent where his bestsellers were set. He lived in southern Africa from 1875 to 1881, a period that witnessed Britain's attempted confederation of the sub-continent, the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, and the final subjugation of its indigenous peoples. In this biography, the South African aspect of Haggard's life is explored in hitherto unrecorded detail. The success of 'King Solomon's Mines' saw him relinquish a legal career to write full-time; he also became a respected agricultural expert and social commentator, receiving a knighthood for his public service. Haggard wrote over seventy books, fiction and non-fiction. His African adventure stories feature strong black characters, and the majority of his novels assertive female ones, not least 'She'.

Contents:

Cover

Half title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Photos

Contents

Map

Acknowledgments

Note on orthography

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Prologue

1 'I too must die'

2 'Love's sweet dream'

3 'A mass of contradictory evidence'

4 'The first thing I ever wrote'

5 'A stranger in strange lands'

6 'One of the hardest journeys imaginable'

7 'Pleasant recollections'

8 'A crushing blow'

9 'Disaster in Zululand'

10 'My own sweet love'

11 'Land of murder and sudden death'

12 'Write a bit, don't you?'

13 'The most amazing story ever written'

14 'Immortal love'

15 'The literature of another planet'

16 'Between success and attacks'

17 'Passionate and poetic'

18 'I descended into hell'

19 'Oceans of gore'

20 'Speculative and nerve-racking'

21 'Accurate observation'

22 'Higher aims'

23 'Sadness of the world'

24 'Recognition - with a vengeance'

25 'Land of troubles'

26 'Returned from the dead'

27 '400 miles through Zululand'

28 'Armageddon has fallen'

29 'A second St. Paul'

30 'One of the hells'

31 'I sink into old age'

32 'Old pharaoh'

Appendix: Mhlopekazi

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 18, 2025).

ISBN:

0-19-782872-8

0-19-783472-8

0-19-783473-6

OCLC:

1513421549