Author | H. Rider Haggard |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Adventure novel |
Publication date | 1899 |
Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek is an 1899 novel by H. Rider Haggard, set in South Africa during the Boer Trek of 1836. [1]
The novel was adapted into a 1922 South African film. [2]
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