Haggard, Henry Rider (1856-1925) - English novelist best known for his
romantic adventure novels written against South African backgrounds.
King Solomon's Mines (1885) - Haggard's first successful novel, it made him
immediately famous. Allan Quatermain agrees to help Sir Henry Curtis locate
his brother Neville who set out three years earlier in search of Solomon's
Mines. The two men are joined in their adventures by Captain Good and a
mysterious man named Umbopa who comes along as an unpaid guide.
