H. Rider Haggard is today best known for King Solomon’s Mines, but his bestselling novel She introduced a powerful Gothic supernatural woman that would fascinate readers for centuries. Meriamun of The World’s Desire is very much written in her shadow.
Published September 28, 2017 in Sin, Sexism, and Gothic Wanderers: Haggard and Lang’s The World’s Desire | Full size is 220 × 252 pixels