King Solomon's Mines
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H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines tells of a group of adventurers journeying into unexplored Africa in order to find the missing brother of one of the party. The book became an immediate bestseller after publication in 1885. At the time large parts of Africa remained unexplored by Europeans and the book captured the imagination of the public.
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Author
H. Rider Haggard
Pages
260
Publisher
The Floating Press
Published Date
2009-01-01
ISBN
1775414043 9781775414049
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"Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines" was mentioned repeatedly in [b:Diamonds, Gold, and War: The Making of South Africa|565425|Diamonds, Gold, and War The Making of South Africa|Martin Meredith|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1266586884s/565425.jpg|552535] and I had wondered where "Allan Quartermain" came from since I saw "A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" a few years ago. So I figured it was time to give this book a shot.<br/><br/>I was not disappointed. King Solomon's Mines belongs firmly in the same family as [b:Around the World in Eighty Days|54479|Around the World in Eighty Days |Jules Verne|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1308815551s/54479.jpg|4537271] and [b:Treasure Island|295|Treasure Island|Robert Louis Stevenson|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1312023209s/295.jpg|3077988]. Set during the initial diamond rush in South Africa, the novel chronicles the journey of a small group of men deep into the heart of "native" Africa in search of the fabled King Solomon's mines. If you can stomach some of the overt racism (the book was written in 1885 - just 20 years after the American Civil War), the book's dashing-Victorian-gentleman tone and Old World perspective will charm you, lure you in, and leave you scrambling to find what else old Haggard wrote."
Max Nova