Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction set in exotic locations, predominantly in Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre. Haggard is most famous for his novel 'King Solomon's Mines' (1885), which is often considered to be his masterpiece, along with 'She: A History of Adventure' (1887). His storytelling, imbued with a sense of adventure and th...