About H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was born in Norfolk, England. After failing the Army entrance exam, he went to Natal in 1875 as secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer and the next year went to the Transvaal. He returned to England in 1881, married, and settled down to a literary life. His first novel, King Solomon’s Mines, was published in 1885. He published thirty-four adventure novels during his lifetime. He was knighted in 1912.
About Toby Stephens
Toby
Stephens’ theater credits include Coriolanus, Hamlet, Betrayal, A Doll’s House, and Danton’s
Death. His TV appearances include The
Camomile Lawn, Cambridge Spies, Jane Eyre, and Vexed. On film he played Gustav Graves in the James Bond movie Die Another Day, and his other credits
include Twelfth Night, Onegin, Photographing Fairies, and All
Things to All Men.