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Sir Rider Haggard in 1902. Photo by George Charles Beresford.

Henry Rider Haggard (1856 – 1925), English writer of adventure stories, often set in Africa (he had spent seven years in South Africa as a young man).

His two best-known novels are King Solomon's Mines, in which a group of Englishmen, guided by the hunter Allan Quatermain, go in search of the eponymous treasure chamber; and She, in which Leo Vincey and Horace Holly are guided by a Vincey heirloom to a lost African kingdom ruled by the immortal queen Ayesha, whose subjects call her "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed". Both have numerous prequels and sequels -- including (perhaps inevitably) She and Allan, which is a prequel to both -- and both have been filmed multiple times.

Works by H. Rider Haggard with their own trope page include:

King Solomon's Mines and sequels
She and sequels

H. Rider Haggard's other works include examples of:

Darkest Africa
Death of the Hypotenuse: In Mary of Marion Isle
Jungle Opera
Lost World: Haggard was one of the trope makers.
Mighty Whitey: In Montezuma's Daughter, an Englishman leads Mexican natives in their struggle against Spanish colonizers.

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+[[File:H-Rider-Haggard.jpg|thumb|300px|Sir Rider Haggard in 1902. Photo by George Charles Beresford.]]
-Henry Rider Haggard (1856 – 1925), English writer of adventure stories, often set in Africa (he had spent seven years in South Africa as a young man).
+'''Henry Rider Haggard''' (1856 – 1925), English writer of adventure stories, often set in Africa (he had spent seven years in South Africa as a young man).
-His two best-known novels are ''[[King Solomons Mines (Literature)|King Solomons Mines]]'', in which a group of Englishmen, guided by the hunter Allan Quatermain, go in search of the eponymous treasure chamber; and ''[[She (Literature)|She]]'', in which Leo Vincey and Horace Holly are guided by a Vincey heirloom to a lost African kingdom ruled by the immortal queen Ayesha, whose subjects call her "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed". Both have numerous prequels and sequels -- including (perhaps inevitably) ''She and Allan'', which is a prequel to both -- and both have been filmed multiple times.
+His two best-known novels are ''[[King Solomon's Mines]]'', in which a group of Englishmen, guided by the hunter Allan Quatermain, go in search of the eponymous treasure chamber; and ''[[She]]'', in which Leo Vincey and Horace Holly are guided by a Vincey heirloom to a lost African kingdom ruled by the immortal queen Ayesha, whose subjects call her "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed". Both have numerous prequels and sequels -- including (perhaps inevitably) ''She and Allan'', which is a prequel to both -- and both have been filmed multiple times.
-=== Works by H. Rider Haggard with their own trope page include: ===
+{{examples|Works by H. Rider Haggard with their own trope page include:}}
+* ''[[King Solomon's Mines]]'' and sequels
+* ''[[She]]'' and sequels
-* ''[[King Solomons Mines (Literature)|King Solomons Mines]]'' and sequels
-* ''[[She (Literature)|She]]'' and sequels
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-=== H. Rider Haggard's other works include examples of: ===
+{{examples|H. Rider Haggard's other works include examples of:}}
 * [[Darkest Africa]]
 * [[Death of the Hypotenuse]]: In ''Mary of Marion Isle''
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