She (novel)
''She'', subtitled ''A History of Adventure'', is a novel by the English writer H. Rider Haggard, published in book form in 1887 following serialisation in ''The Graphic'' magazine between October 1886 and January 1887. ''She'' was extraordinarily popular upon its release and has never been out of print. The story is a first-person narrative which follows the journey of Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. They encounter a native people and a mysterious white queen named Ayesha who reigns as the all-powerful "She" or "She-who-must-be-obeyed". Haggard developed many of the conventions of the Lost world (genre), lost world genre which countless authors have emulated. Haggard was "part of the literary reaction against domestic realism that has been called a romance revival." Other writers following this trend were Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, and William Morris. Haggard was inspired by his experiences living in South Africa ...
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Maurice Greiffenhagen
Maurice Greiffenhagen (15 December 1862 – 26 December 1931Tate Collection biography
Tate Online, retrieved 27 Oct 2011) was a British painter and Royal Academician. He illustrated books and designed posters as well as painting idyllic landscapes. He was born in . Exhibiting at the