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Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I read all Haggard's African novels.
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"Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I read all Haggard's African novels."
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Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I read all Haggard's African novels. — Wilbur Smith

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Wilbur Smith was a Novelist from Zambia (1933–2021).

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This quote is attributed to Wilbur Smith, a Novelist from Zambia.
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Wilbur Smith lived from 1933 – 2021.
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