H. Rider Haggard is mostly known and remembered for writing tales of Africa -- which this is -- but it's something different, too. It's a tale of plots and warlike machination among the Abysinian Jews -- well, not them, exactly, it's more like he'd heard there were such a thing and had to write a novel about them, but misplaced all the details. It's a cool adventure, though, like all of Haggard. Highly recommended.
Author Biography
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925), known as H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential.
