The Ghost Kings [The Lady of the Heavens]
The Ghost Kings is a supernatural romance concerning a lost civilization of "Ghost-people." In this adventure, the British missionary's daughter Rachel Dove is kidnapped by the Zulus and worshipped as "Queen of the Heavens." Rudyard Kipling contributed to writing this African romance.
A. C. Michael illustrated a serialization of GK, which ran in Pearson's Magazine (C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., London) from October 1907 to June 1908. Cassell and Co., London, published the first edition on 25 September 1908. Eight illustrations by Michael accompanied this edition. Frank Lovell, New York, published the first US edition on 15 May 1909 using an alternate title: The Lady of the Heavens.
A. C. Michael illustrated a serialization of GK, which ran in Pearson's Magazine (C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., London) from October 1907 to June 1908. Cassell and Co., London, published the first edition on 25 September 1908. Eight illustrations by Michael accompanied this edition. Frank Lovell, New York, published the first US edition on 15 May 1909 using an alternate title: The Lady of the Heavens.
Further Reading
Haggard, H. Rider. The Days of My Life, An Autobiography. 2 Vols. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1926. II: 207-08.
Pocock Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicoloson, 1993. 149.
Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F32, 47-48.
Editions of The Ghost Kings [The Lady of the Heavens]
1st UK edition. London: Cassell and Co., 1908.
Pearson's Magazine, vol. 25-26, no. 148. London: The Pearson Publishing Co., April 1908.
Pearson's Magazine, vol. 24-37, no. 144. London: The Pearson Publishing Co., December 1907.
Pearson's Magazine, vol. 25-9, no. 146. London: The Pearson Publishing Co., February 1908.
Pearson's Magazine, vol. 25-1, no. 145. London: The Pearson Publishing Co., January 1908.
Pearson's Magazine, vol. 25-38, no. 150. London: The Pearson Publishing Co., June 1908.
Pearson's Magazine, vol. 25-16, no. 147. London: The Pearson Publishing Co., March 1908.
Pearson's Magazine, vol. 25-31, no. 149. London: The Pearson Publishing Co., May 1908.
Pearson's Magazine, vol. 24-30, no. 143. London: The Pearson Publishing Co., November 1907.
Pearson's Magazine, vol. 24-23, no. 142. London: The Pearson Publishing Co., October 1907.
Illustrations from The Ghost Kings [The Lady of the Heavens]
