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H. R. Haggard and Egypt (with Lauren the Gothic Bookworm)
Manage episode 331186967 series 2738171
Lauren returns to the cabin to discuss all things H.R. Haggard, especially his deep obsession with ancient Egypt.
We cover:
-Haggard in 'Who's Who in Egyptology'
-his own visits to Egypt
-his writing of 'Cleopatra'
-his mania for collecting Egyptian rings
-his dislike for modern, changing Egypt
-his friendship with Howard Carter
-his attempts to exonerate Western archaeologists
(Instagram & Twitter)
(Twitter) http://Theanatomyshelf.substack.com (read & subscribe for free!)
Submissions: theanatomyshelf@gmail.com
My H Rider Haggard favourites: She (1887) Cleopatra (1889) Smith and the Pharaohs (1912-13 serially)
Visualhaggard.org all of Haggard’s illustrations
Books:
The Cloak that I Left by Lilias Haggard, (Hodder & Stoughton: London, 1951)
The Mummy’s Curse by Roger Luckhurst (Oxford University Press 2012)
The Mummy’s Curse by Jasmine Day (Routledge, 2006)
The Days of my Life by H Rider Haggard (written 1910-12, published posthumously in 1926 in 2 volumes)
You can read all of Haggard’s works for free on Project Gutenberg
152 episodes
Manage episode 331186967 series 2738171
Lauren returns to the cabin to discuss all things H.R. Haggard, especially his deep obsession with ancient Egypt.
We cover:
-Haggard in 'Who's Who in Egyptology'
-his own visits to Egypt
-his writing of 'Cleopatra'
-his mania for collecting Egyptian rings
-his dislike for modern, changing Egypt
-his friendship with Howard Carter
-his attempts to exonerate Western archaeologists
(Instagram & Twitter)
(Twitter) http://Theanatomyshelf.substack.com (read & subscribe for free!)
Submissions: theanatomyshelf@gmail.com
My H Rider Haggard favourites: She (1887) Cleopatra (1889) Smith and the Pharaohs (1912-13 serially)
Visualhaggard.org all of Haggard’s illustrations
Books:
The Cloak that I Left by Lilias Haggard, (Hodder & Stoughton: London, 1951)
The Mummy’s Curse by Roger Luckhurst (Oxford University Press 2012)
The Mummy’s Curse by Jasmine Day (Routledge, 2006)
The Days of my Life by H Rider Haggard (written 1910-12, published posthumously in 1926 in 2 volumes)
You can read all of Haggard’s works for free on Project Gutenberg
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