Beatrice

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of the scale of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. He was also involved in agricultural reform and improvement in the British Empire. "Beatrice" is a 1890 novel by the British writer H. Rider Haggard. The author later called it "one of the best bits of work I ever did."(Excerpt from Wikipedia)