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Andrew Haggard
1854–1923
A soldier, traveler, and biographer, he brought a firsthand sense of history and place to his books. His work ranges from fiction to lively studies of figures such as Marie Antoinette and Madame de Staël.
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Hannibal's daughter
by Andrew Haggard
About the author
Born in Norfolk in 1854, Andrew Charles Parker Haggard was a British army officer who later became a writer. He was educated at Westminster School and served with the King's Own Scottish Borderers, including military service in Egypt during the 1880s.
After his army career, he turned to books and wrote both fiction and nonfiction. His published works include Under Crescent and Star, based on Egypt, as well as historical and biographical studies such as Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Madame de Staël, Her Trials and Triumphs, and Women of the Revolutionary Era.
He is also remembered as the brother of the novelist H. Rider Haggard, though his own writing followed a different path, leaning toward history, travel, and biography. He died in 1923.