King Solomon's Mines (World's Best Reading) - Hardcover

H. Rider Haggard

  • 3.79 out of 5 stars
    52,362 ratings by Goodreads
 
9780895775535: King Solomon's Mines (World's Best Reading)

Synopsis

Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend - and reach, at the end of a perilous journey, an unknown land cut off from the world, where terrible dangers threaten anyone who ventures near the spectacular diamond mines of King Solomon.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Publisher

6 1.5-hour cassettes

From the Inside Flap

Touted by its 1885 publisher as "the most amazing story ever written," "King Solomon's Mines was one of the bestselling novels of the nineteenth century. H. Rider Haggard's thrilling saga of elephant hunter Allan Quatermain and his search for fabled treasure is more than just an adventure story, though: As Alexandra Fuller explains in her Introduction, in its vivid portrayal of the alliances and battles of white colonials and African tribesmen, "King Solomon's Mines "brings us the world of extremes, of the absurdly tall tales and of the illogical loyalty between disparate people that still informs this part of the world."

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title