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Queen Sheba's Ring is a 1910 adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard set in central Africa. It resembles the author's earlier works King Solomon's Mines and She, featuring plotting priests, beautiful women, and daring British adventurers.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Queen Sheba's Ring

His novels portray many of the stereotypes associated with colonialism, yet they are unusual for the degree of sympathy with which the native populations are portrayed. Africans often play heroic roles in the novels, although the protagonists are typically European (though not... Read Full Overview

Queen Sheba's Ring is an adventure novel written by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1910. The story follows the journey of a young doctor named Ignatius Donnelly, who travels to Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia) in search of the lost mines of the Queen of Sheba. Along the... Read Full Overview

Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (1856-1925) was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations. 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, for which he never sat... Read Full Overview

'Queen Sheba's Ring' is a novel of endangerment in 1910 by H. Rider Haggard, set in Central Africa. This story is explained by 65-year-old Dr. Richard Adams, a widower whose son had been abducted in 'the Dark Continent' many years ago. Adams is rescuing his lost son, detained... Read Full Overview