The Rider Haggard Library

In which the sombre and solemn ceremony that seals a woman’s tragic fate under the harsh dominion of the priests is recounted with keen observation and tender sorrow, setting the stage for the narrato...

7 Mar 37min

In which a young Englishman, adopting the name Diego d’Aila, seeks to continue his medical studies discreetly in the ancient and lively city of Seville, where he encounters the cunning and enigmatic p...

6 Mar 29min

In which the young Thomas Wingfield pursues the elusive and villainous Juan de Garcia through the shadowed streets of Seville, only to be thwarted by treachery and circumstance despite a fierce duel u...

6 Mar 30min

In which the young Thomas Wingfield prepares to leave his English home and embark on a perilous journey to Spain in pursuit of the man who murdered his mother, bidding a poignant farewell to his belov...

6 Mar 21min

In which young Thomas Wingfield, a promising medical student of half-Spanish blood, finds his affections entwined with Lily Bozard amidst the cautious watch of her father and a lurking rivalry with hi...

5 Mar 24min

In which the young Thomas recounts a daring encounter with a menacing Spaniard and finds solace and tender affection in the company of Lily, whose bold declaration of love kindles a promise amid the s...

5 Mar 24min

In which the narrator discovers the dreadful truth behind his mother’s murder and resolves with solemn oath to pursue her Spanish killer to the ends of the earth, his heart heavy with grief and duty. ...

5 Mar 32min

In which the narrator acquaints us with his ancestral home in Norfolk and the complex lineage of the Wingfield family, marked by a stern grandfather’s plans for a clerical life that his father vehemen...

4 Mar 24min