King Solomons Mines Great Illustrated CL [Large Print]

By H. Rider Haggard

Book Overview

Praised as "the most amazing story ever written," this 1885 story tells the tale in which Allan Quatermain, a gentleman adventurer, is hired to locate a man who has disappeared into the heart of Africa while hunting for the legendary lost diamond mines of King Solomon.

• Format: Hardcover
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0866118691
• ISBN13: 9780866118699
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Baronet Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

If you are thinking of Debra Kerr, you will be shocked.

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.----- Great Illustrated Classics —Baronet Books, 1996. This edition of King Solomon’s Mines (ISBN13: 9780866118699) is a simplified, abridged version tailored for younger readers, typically ages 8–12. It’s part of that iconic series that turned literary canon into digestible adventure for grade-schoolers, complete with illustrations and large print., as if ages 8–12 couldn't read the real thing.

Very disappointed.

It said Very Good condition. However when the book arrived it had drawings and vulgar words all over it. I can not let my child read this copy. Very disappointed.