King Solomon’s Mines
Author: H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon’s Mines 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 the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre., , Excerpt from King Solomon’s Mines: A Novel, Then there remains the most interesting….Read More
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