The Independent - London, October 7th, 2001
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was born in Norfolk, and went on to more or less invent the Ripping Yarn. At the age of 19, Haggard went to South Africa to take up the post of secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer, then governor of Natal. He fell in love with Africa and Zulu culture and on his return to Norfolk in 1881 began to write. `King Solomon's Mines' was published in 1885 and was an immediate success. Its hero, Allan Quatermain, is killed off in the sequel but features in subsequent stories by Haggard; an early example of the use of a prequel device to bring back a favourite character.
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