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Camera Interviews - Sir Rider Haggard

1922 , Ditchingham (Norfolk)

Cat no. 999

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Writer Rider Haggard at home at Ditchingham Hall.

Rider Haggard at home at Ditchington Hall. He sits at his desk. A caption states he is a keen agriculturalist and gardener. Shots of him walking in his garden examining bushes. He stands with the aid of a stick presented to him in South Africa by Theophilus Stepstone. Further shots of the garden. Rider Haggard sits with his pet spaniel in his favourite spot on a bench by the pond. Final shot of Haggard reading in his study.

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"To Norfolk we journeyed to meet the famous novelist whose books are read all the world over." "Not many of his readers know that Sir Rider is a very keen agriculturalist, and practical gardener"."The stick was given to him when he was in South Africa by Sir Theophilus Shepstone to whom it was presented by Cetywayo when he was crowned King of the Zulus." "His favourite spot. "And at the end of the day Sir Rider finds peace and quietude in his study."

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Camera Interviews - Sir Rider Haggard

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