King Solomons Mines, H. Rider Haggard
King Solomons Mines, H. Rider Haggard
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King Solomons Mines

Author: H. Rider Haggard

Narrator: Michael Ward

Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/30/2023


Synopsis

"What was it that you heard about my brother's journey at Bamangwato?" asked Sir Henry, as I paused to fill my pipe before replying to Captain Good.

"I heard this," I answered, "and I have never mentioned it to a soul till to-day. I heard that he was starting for Solomon's Mines."

"Solomon's Mines?" ejaculated both my hearers at once. "Where are they?" ...

And so begins the adventure of Allan Quatermain, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good as they penetrate into the unknown regions of South Africa in search of a missing brother, and the fabulous wealth, said to still reside in "King Solomon's Mines".

First published in September 1885 amid considerable fanfare, with billboards and posters around London announcing it as "The Most Amazing Book Ever Written", this tale of action and adventure by Sir H. Rider Haggard was released in 1885 and became an immiediate best seller.


About H. Rider Haggard

H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was a popular English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, including King Solomon's Mines and She.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on June 09, 2024

Sir H. (Henry) Rider Haggard the British inventor of the lost civilization adventures stories has here one of his most famous and best, King Solomon's Mines a wonderful if improbable trek through the thick jungles, high mountains, scorching deserts of this fascinating land. For any person interested......more

Goodreads review by Paul on March 10, 2025

Thriller escapism in the Victorian style! Like many of its contemporaries - Edgar Rice Burrough's Caspak, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World, Jules Verne's subterranean Lidenbrock Sea and even HG Well's Island of Dr Moreau - KING SOLOMON'S MINES is a story of adventure into an exotic locale and can......more

Goodreads review by Sanjay on September 07, 2024

I have always been fascinated by treasure hunt books and this book surpassed my expectations. A real adventure it was! It's a story of survival, revenge, the making of a king, greatest treasure hunt, and friendship. I was hooked from the start and the story just got more riveting with every page.......more

Goodreads review by Sasha on June 22, 2015

This book is the response to a five-shilling dare from Haggard's brother that he couldn't write a book half as good as Treasure Island. Haggard was enormously popular in his time; he and Robert Louis Stevenson were the two dominant adventure writers It's enormously imaginative. Alan Quatermain is a b......more