The complete online text of Allan and the Holy Flower by H. Rider Haggard.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was not a great artist in anyone's estimation, least of all his own. Still less was he a great writer of short fiction; one seeks in vain for his name in critical surveys of the short story of the nineteenth or early twentieth cen...

A man of diverse talents and a writer eager to try his skills at many different kinds of writing projects, both nonfiction and fiction, H. Rider Haggard is best remembered by general readers of fantasy for his fourth and fifth books, King Solomon's Mines...

Henry Rider Haggard, K.B.E., wrote tales of romantic adventure which may be termed "mysteries" only in a nonconventional sense of the term. The reader encounters no Poirots, no Lord Peter Wimseys, no clues; and while there are murders aplenty, they are n...

The Turin Shroud, which devotees believe was wound around the crucified body of Jesus two millennia ago, began its travels in Jerusalem, according to a new study. Eric Silver follows the latest twist on the detective trail. Avinoam Danin's investigation of photo...

Flowers bloom everywhere on Earth, except Antarctica. You can find them in the desert, in the arctic, in the rainforest, in the prairie, or in the woods. Many flowers even grow in lakes and streams. Trees have them, so do grasses and weeds....