When the World Shook: Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Three Englishmen are shipwrecked and find, on an island in the Pacific, a man and a woman who have slept for a quarter of a million years and remember the civilisation that drowned. Haggard wrote it at the end of the Great War, long after the death of his only son, and the book argues with death rather more than it adventures. Fifty-seven plates of sailing ships, dories and quiet shorelines, among them Winslow Homer's, keep the sea in view throughout this tale of shipwreck and drowned centuries.
Three Englishmen are shipwrecked and find, on an island in the Pacific, a man and a woman who have slept for a quarter of a million years and remember the civilisation that drowned. Haggard wrote it at the end of the Great War, long after the death of his only son, and the book argues with death ...
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H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English novelist born in Norfolk who went to South Africa at nineteen as secretary to the governor of Natal. He later farmed, studied agriculture for the government, and was knighted for public service. His works include King Solomon's Mines, She, When the World Shook, and Allan Quatermain.
H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English novelist born in Norfolk who went to South Africa at nineteen as secretary to the governor of Natal. He later farmed, studied agriculture for the government, and was knighted for public service. His works include King Solomon's Mines, She, When the Worl...
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