Sir H. Rider Haggard, an English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, wrote the popular novel King Solomon's Mines (1885). It follows a group of explorers led by Allan Quatermain on a journey across an uncharted region of Africa in pursuit of one of the party's missing brother. It is one of the first English adventure stories set in Africa and is regarded as the originator of the lost world literary genre. Haggard dedicated this novel to his childhood idol, Humphry Davy.
Author: H. Rider Haggard
About Author: Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic settings, primarily Africa, who pioneered the lost world literary genre. He was also active in land reform across the British Empire. His stories, which fall on the lighter side of Victorian literature, remain popular and influential.