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The first great "Lost World" action-adventure, a precursor to Indiana Jones

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.

A bold elephant hunter journeys to an unknown land in search of fabled lost treasure. But terrible dangers threaten anyone who approaches the wonderful diamond mines of King Solomon.

On board a ship bound for Natal, adventurer Allan Quatermain meets Sir Henry Curtis... Read Full Overview

King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard is a timeless classic adventure novel. It follows the journey of a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain in search of the legendary King Solomon's Mines. Along the way, they encounter obstacles, dangerous creatures, and mysterious... Read Full Overview

"A peculiarly thrilling and vigorous tale of adventure." -- Andrew Lang
"It goes and it grips and it moves with all the freshness of youth." -- Rudyard Kipling
When Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island was first published, H. Rider Haggard made a five-shilling... Read Full Overview

When George Neville vanishes while searching for King Solomon's diamond mines in Africa, his brother, Sir Henry Curtis, knows that he cannot find his brother without help. Said to be located in an unexplored and dangerous region, Curtis seeks out Allan Quatermain, an esteemed... Read Full Overview

'Don't you see that we are buried alive?'

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King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel 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... Read Full Overview

King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the 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 the... Read Full Overview

Allan Quatermain, an adventurer and hunter, is approached by aristocrat Sir Henry Curtis, seeking his help finding Sir Henry's brother, who was last seen travelling north into the unexplored interior on a quest for the fabled King Solomon's Mines. Quartermain agrees to lead... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

A finales del siglo XIX, las tierras de frica, en su mayor parte a n inexploradas por los europeos, ofrec an un escenario ideal para situar aventuras lejanas y ex ticas.All coloc H.R. Haggard a Allan Quatermain, el renombrado cazador de elefantes, enrolado en un viaje erizado... Read Full Overview

Allan Quatermain joins forces with a sea captain and an English nobleman to find the latter's missing brother.