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He sets out to recover a fortune—and finds a hidden people whose secrets put more than wealth at stake.
In The People of the Mist, H. Rider Haggard sends a ruined young Englishman into Africa in search of wealth. His prospects have collapsed, but the quest opens a world beyond his plans: a hidden community, an old faith, and danger waiting for a stranger.
This lost-world adventure follows the pull of fortune into a kingdom shut away from the wider world. Loyalty and betrayal, love under threat, and the struggle between greed and honor run beneath the journey. Haggard presents Africa through Victorian eyes, bringing the attitudes of his time into the mystery and peril.
What you’ll discover
- A ruined heir's quest Follow a young man whose lost prospects send him searching for wealth in Africa.
- A kingdom beyond reach Enter a hidden community where distance from the wider world preserves dangerous secrets.
- Old faiths and powers Discover how an encounter with surviving beliefs and powers can change an outsider.
- Greed against honor Watch the search for fortune meet questions of loyalty, betrayal, and what matters most.
- Love tested by danger Find love under pressure within a tale of travel, peril, and buried secrets.
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For readers who love Victorian adventure, lost kingdoms and quests, and anyone who enjoys King Solomon's Mines. Travel, peril, buried secrets, loyalty and romance await.
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El pueblo de la niebla
by H. Rider Haggard · 1894
A ruined heir seeks his fortune in Africa and encounters a hidden people whose secrets put his courage to the test.
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The People of the Mist is an adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1894.
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A lost-world tale in Haggard's style
Haggard wrote at a time when European readers were hungry for stories about regions their maps still showed as blank. Explorers, missionaries and traders were returning with reports, and novelists turned those reports into romance. The People of the Mist sits firmly in that line. It promises a long road, a strange land at the end of it, and a people no outsider has met.
The story turns on three things: a vanished kingdom, a young man ruined by misfortune, and secrets that carry a price. Those three threads are typical of the author. His heroes are often men with little left to lose, and his hidden lands usually hold both treasure and a trap. The reader is meant to feel that wealth and danger travel together.
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What is The People of the Mist about?
It is an adventure novel about a young Englishman whose fortunes have fallen and who travels into the African interior, where he meets a hidden people and becomes caught up in their secrets and dangers.
When was The People of the Mist written?
H. Rider Haggard published it in 1894. It is a work of fiction, not a true story, though it draws on the Victorian interest in exploring Africa and on the author's own years there.
Is The People of the Mist similar to King Solomon's Mines?
Yes, in spirit. Both are lost-world adventures by Haggard, with a quest into the African interior, hidden societies and peril. Readers who enjoyed one will usually find the same pleasures in the other.
The author
H. Rider Haggard
1856–1925 · English adventure novelist
Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English novelist. He was born in Norfolk, lived in southern Africa from 1875 to 1881, and later settled in Norfolk. He wrote King Solomon’s Mines (1885), She (1887), and Beatrice (1890). He also wrote about agriculture and rural life. He died in London.
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