When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot was written in the year 1919 by H. Rider Haggard,it is one of the most popular novels of Sir Henry Rider Haggard,and has been translated into several other languages. was written in the year 1887 by H. Rider Haggard,it is one of the most popular novels of Sir Henry Rider Haggard,and has been translated into several other languages.