King Solomon's Mines (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781724928313)

Henry Rider Haggard was born at Bradenham, Norfolk, to Sir William Meybohm Rider Haggard, a barrister, and Ella Doveton, an author and poet. He was the eighth of ten children. He was initially sent to Garsington Rectory in Oxfordshire to study under the Reverend H.J. Graham but, unlike his older brothers who graduated from various Public Schools, he ended up attending Ipswich Grammar School. This was because his father, who regarded him as somebody who was not going to amount to much, could no longer afford to maintain his expensive private education. After failing his army entrance exam he was sent to a private 'crammer' in London to prepare for the entrance exam for the British Foreign Office, which in the end he never sat. Instead Haggard's father sent him to Africa in an unpaid position as assistant to the secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal, Sir Henry Bulwer.

Author: H. Rider Haggard
ISBN-10: 1724928317
ISBN-13: 9781724928313
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2018
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d