King Solomon's Mines Illustrated

By: Haggard, Hernry Rider

King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel 1] by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is one of the first English adventure novels set in Africa and is considered to be the genesis of the lost world literary genre

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08QS545HP
• ISBN13: 9798581689004
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

If you are thinking of Debra Kerr, you will be shocked. no illustrator's name

I grew up with the Stewart Granger movie, so it was quite a shocker to read the book. As stated in the beginning, there are no petticoated women in this book. It is a man's adventure written by a man for men. You cannot miss the hand of H. Rider Haggard, as he has a unique sense of humor that pops up at the strangest times. And as with written stories, this one is much more intricate than the movie adaptations. You will find many assumptions of the time, such as that white people must have built any complex construction, and natives on their own may turn savage. The story is told in the first person by Allan Quartermain. Nevil is off to make his fortune by finding King Solomon's lost diamond mines. Allan sends him a map to help. This is the last anyone heard from Nevil. Turns out that Nevil is the estranged brother of Henry Curtis. Sir Henry Curtis now wants to make amends, and he, with his friend Captain John Good, bribes Allan Quartermain to take them across an endless desert and through impassible mountains to an adventure that will hold you to the very end. Along with them is their self-imposed helper, Umbopa, who carries a secret of his own.