Jess (1886), by H. Rider Haggard and illustrated Maurice Greiffenhagen(novel): Maurice Greiffenhagen(London 15 December 1862 – 26 December 1931) - Softcover

Haggard, H. Rider; Greiffenhagen, Maurice

 
9781532704086: Jess (1886), by H. Rider Haggard and illustrated Maurice Greiffenhagen(novel): Maurice Greiffenhagen(London 15 December 1862 – 26 December 1931)
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ISBN 10: 1532704089 ISBN 13: 9781532704086
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Maurice Greiffenhagen RA (London 15 December 1862–26 December 1931) was a British painter and Royal Academician. He illustrated books and designed posters as well as painting idyllic landscapes Jess is a novel by H. Rider Haggard set in South Africa.Haggard wrote the book in 1885, primarily in his chambers where he was working as a barrister. King Solomon's Mines had been an enormous success but Haggard says he had been "somewhat piqued by the frequent descriptions of myself as 'a mere writer of romances and boys’ books' ". The book is named after Jess, one of the two orphaned nieces of a farmer in the Transvaal.

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Stephen Coan is an assistant editor of The Natal Witness.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1532704089
ISBN 13 
9781532704086
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
176

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