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The work of the famous English novelist Henry Ryder Haggard (18S6-1925) is well known to the Soviet reader from his novels Montezuma's Daughter, The Ring of the Queen of Sheba, King Solomon's Mines. The first published novels "Cleopatra" and "Lady of the Dawn" are devoted to the history of Ancient Egypt. In the novel "Cleopatra" Haggard creates another legend about the famous queen Cleopatra VII, the ruler of independent Egypt. The novel tells about a conspiracy of high priests who decided to throw off the throne the hated queen Cleopatra, who gave Egypt to the power of Rome. The novel "The Lady of the Dawn" tells about the fate of Princess Nephret, who is related by family ties to the dynasty of the Babylonian kings. After numerous adventures, she was destined to become the Unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt. Circulation 100,000 copies.