Originally published in 1886, &quot;She&quot; by Henry Rider Haggard is one of the first and probably the most famous of the &lsquo;lost world&rsquo; novels. The author published it in serial form in 1886-87 and with minimal revisions as a novel in 1887. It was incredibly popular and is still one of the best-selling books of all time, having sold over a hundred million copies.<br />&quot;She&quot; is one of the most spellbinding adventure stories ever written. From the moment the reader begins Horace Holly&#39;s bizarre account of his adventures, the action never stops. &quot;King Solomon&#39;s Mines&quot; revealed Haggard&#39;s genius as an adventure writer, but in many ways &quot;She&quot; far surpasses its predecessor.<br /><br />&quot;She&quot; tells the story of a&nbsp;Victorian professor and his adopted son travel to Africa in search of a lost civilisation. Finding it ruled by a near-immortal woman of extraordinary beauty, power and cruelty, they are helpless to resist her plans to marry the son and rule the British Empire.