Montezuma Daughter ANNOTATED edition by Henry Rider Haggard Literature Fiction eBooks
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Henry Rider Haggard was born at Bradenham, Norfolk, to Sir William Meybohm Rider Haggard, a barrister, and Ella Doveton, an author and poet. He was the eighth of ten children. He was initially sent to Garsington Rectory in Oxfordshire to study under the Reverend H.J. Graham but, unlike his older brothers who graduated from various Public Schools, he ended up attending Ipswich Grammar School. This was because his father, who regarded him as somebody who was not going to amount to much, could no longer afford to maintain his expensive private education. 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, which in the end he never sat. Instead Haggard’s father sent him to Africa in an unpaid position as assistant to the secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal, Sir Henry Bulwer. It was in this role that Haggard was present in Pretoria for the official announcement of the British annexation of the Boer Republic of the Transvaal. In fact, Haggard raised the Union Flag and was forced to read out much of the proclamation following the loss of voice of the official originally entrusted with the duty. As a young man, Haggard fell deeply in love with Lilith Jackson, whom he intended to marry once he obtained paid employment in South Africa. In 1878 he became Registrar of the High Court in the Transvaal, but when he sent his father a letter telling him that he intended to return to England in order to marry Lilith Jackson his father replied that he forbade it until he had made a career for himself. In 1879 he heard that Lilith had married someone else. When he eventually returned to England he married a friend of his sister, Mariana Louisa Margitson and brought her back to Africa. Later they had a son named Jock (who died of measles at the age of 10) and three daughters. Returning again to England in 1882, the couple settled in Ditchingham, Norfolk. Later he lived in Kessingland and had connections with the church in Bungay, Suffolk. He turned to the study of law and was called to the bar in 1884.
Montezuma Daughter ANNOTATED edition by Henry Rider Haggard Literature Fiction eBooks
The story is based on history and, with the author's nimble imagination, it becomes interesting and compelling. I skipped over some detail, but overall the book is a good read.Product details
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Montezuma Daughter ANNOTATED edition by Henry Rider Haggard Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
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Kept me on the edge of suspense until I finished it. Sometimes it was hard to slosh through a dull part or several, but you never could predict how the story would come out.
Did not know what to expect but ended up liking the book. Revealed a people with a dark side and the challenges to be overcome.
Gives another view of Cortes in Mexico and a good description of Montezuma's empire and culture at the time of the Spanish invasion.
I bought this book on a whim because the title sounded interesting to me. I found it to be very interesting and was not able to put it down.
I hadn't read this Haggard novel before. But like all the other works by him, I enjoyed it immensely. As in the others that I've read, the main character has the physical and moral courage that seems out of place in today's world. Would that there were more of it.
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The story is based on history and, with the author's nimble imagination, it becomes interesting and compelling. I skipped over some detail, but overall the book is a good read.
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